Across the Country, Resounding Victories for Women's Health
Now that the dust is settling after the election, here are some of the other key victories we’re celebrating!!!
Now that the dust is settling after the election, here are some of the other key victories we’re celebrating!!!
We’re now at only 25 days away from Election Day, and it’s time for the fifth installment of our new series, “The Face-Off.” Voters will be faced with a choice when they head to the polls, and that’s why we’re working to make sure they know where the candidates stand on women’s health issues.
When it comes to women's health, Rep. Dennis Rehberg "doesn't get it." His 2013 budget defunds Planned Parenthood, eliminates funding for Title X--the nation's family planning program, and allows your boss to determine whether you have access to no-cost birth control. He's simply wrong for Montana women.
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Rep. Dennis Rehberg is now saying, "It’s all fabricated this war on women. I don’t get it." After putting forward a budget that would eliminate funding for Title X and deny affordable care to 14,000 Montana women, maybe he should consider his own legislative agenda before suggesting that the attacks on women’s health don’t exist.
UPDATE: We're feeling compelled to update this post with the link to Ron Paul's new ad being run in Iowa and New Hampshire, that pump up his anti-choice creds. Not only is he trying to compete with Romney and Gingrich on who is more out of touch, maybe he's trying to attain official Women are Watching Chump status?
That's not our headline -- we borrowed it from a Reuters story out today talking about the difficulties the GOP presidential candidates are facing in attracting women voters. Jezebel's was a little punchier: "Republicans worried Women won't vote for [expletive]."
It’s time to draw the line and say enough. Politicians do not have a license to practice medicine. They do not belong in the examining room. They need to back off and let us make our own health care choices.