Jump on the Bus and Make a Difference for Women's Health Today!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 06:38AM So we are where we are with health reform and coverage of abortion.
The time to be purists and hold politicians' feet to the fire is at the beginning of any battle.
Here is what I wrote about abortion coverage back in September that summarizes how I think the issue should have been framed and fought for, hard, so that we would been able to mount a stronger campaign for fair health reform and then on to rescind the Hyde Amendment going forward
Accepting (and even defending!) the Capps amendment in the first place was a huge mistake. The opening salvos of the health reform debate should have been the time to challenge the entire notion of separating out one aspect of basic women's health care from any other. No, let me back up a bit and say I would have slammed Obama when he allowed family planning to be labeled controversial in the first stimulus package.
After acquiescing on those first two moments of decision, we were pretty well sunk. But the silver lining is that women began to realize--and got angry--that we'd been thrown under the bus by Congress, the president, and even some of our own advocacy organizations who had been complicit.
But it good that anger breeds activism. We can do something about this, you know. It is always up to advocates to make politicians do the right thing. Today is the best day to start driving our own bus, and turning things around. The Women's Media Center has declared today Not Under the Bus Day. Go to their website and find lots of direct action you can take that wil make a difference. Whether or not it changes the outcome of this particular health reform vote, it will without question set a new and better path down the road to women's heath care that's fair, safe, and fully covered.
I'm personally on this bus. Won't you jump on and make a difference for women's health going forward?
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Sue Katz
Yes, the devastating crisis in Haiti reminds us of how important it is to be involved in the struggle for justice and for health and for taking care of each other.
Renée Guillory
I'll repost this, but am very concerned about the precedent being set in Kansas as well. Any chance of pursuing judicial impeachment in the Till case? Abortion is a legal medical procedure, after all, and in no way should be considered as "just cause" for manslaughter.
Carol J Corsica
We have Anti-Choice Marches occurring in Phoenix and Tucson with little if any Pro-Choice response. We can no longer rely on Pro-Choice Networks that are not organized effectively to show support for women's reproductive rights.
Gloria Feldt
Carol, it sounds like you are called upon to lead.
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It appears the President is ready to throw women under the bus, at least according to Think Progress.
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medical school:- This is very nice thinking to Obama The opening salvos of the health reform debate should have been the time to challenge the entire notion of separating out one aspect of basic women's health care from any other student aid. Any chance of pursuing judicial impeachment in the Till case? Abortion is a legal medical procedure. thanks by Politics.
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