[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [ProChoiceOrNoChoice] URGENT ALERT: Take Action - Protect Family Planning!

[Jim Stauffer]

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From: "Mona D'Astarte" <mdastarte at earthlink.net>
To: SVChoice <svchoice at yahoogroups.com>, "Pro Choice or No Choice"  
<prochoiceornochoice at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [ProChoiceOrNoChoice] URGENT ALERT: Take Action - Protect Family  
Planning!
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:35:07 -0700

Sometimes, Planned Parenthood is the only game in town in regards to family
planning. Call your congressperson today before 5 p.m. to urge defeat of  
the
Pence amendment. Complete information below. Thanks.

Subject: URGENT ALERT: Take Action - Protect Family Planning!

URGENT ALERT: Protect Reproductive Health Care for Low-Income Women

First, a background: Each year, the nation's family planning program,  
known as "Title
X" (Title Ten), helps over 5 million low-income women safely access  
reproductive
health care such as birth control pills, sexually transmitted disease  
testing
and treatment, and cancer screenings each year. Planned Parenthood is a key
provider of Title Ten services, and in many states Planned Parenthood is  
the
only Title Ten provider - enabling millions of low-income women to access  
birth
control at over 575 Planned Parenthood health centers.

Yesterday evening, Indiana Congressman Pence introduced an amendment to the
Labor-Health and Human Services spending bill, prohibiting Title Ten funds  
from
being made available to Planned Parenthood health centers. Planned  
Parenthood
strongly opposes the Pence Amendment because each year low-income women  
rely on
Planned Parenthood health centers to access quality reproductive health  
care
services including contraception, sexually transmitted disease testing and
treatment, and cancer screening.

A vote is scheduled to happen today. Please take action by 5 p.m.  
Thursday, July
19th by placing a call to your congressional representative. If you do not  
have
the opportunity to speak with office staff, please leave a voice mail with  
the
message below. Your congressional member needs to hear that you support  
birth
control access for low-income women.

We have listed the phone numbers of selected congressional offices below,  
as
well as a sample phone script. If you are unsure which representative is  
yours,
find it here at vote-smart.org. PLEASE tell us you made the call by  
emailing
publicaffairs at ppmarmonte.org with "I called" in the subject line.

Phone Numbers:

CALIFORNIA

Congressman Dennis Cardoza 202.225.6131

Congressman Jim Costa 202.225.3341

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo 202.225.8104

Congressman Sam Farr 202.225.2861

Congressman Mike Honda 202.225.2631

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren 202.225.3072

Congressman Jerry McNerney 202.225.1947

Congresswoman Doris Matsui 202.225.7163

NEVADA

Congressman Dean Heller 202.225.6155

Sample Script:

Hello! I am a constituent and I just heard about the "Pence Amendment"  
which is
part of the "Labor HHS Bill." This amendment would discriminate against  
Planned
Parenthood by blocking them from providing critical birth control services  
to
millions of low-income women through the Title Ten family planning program.

Please OPPOSE the Pence Amendment!

The Pence Amendment would deny access to birth control for low-income  
women, and
would lead to more unintended pregnancies. This would also deny access for
breast and cervical cancer screening and testing and treatment of sexually
transmitted infections.

I know you realize the importance of preventative women's healthcare, and I
wanted to alert you to this amendment to ensure that you vote against it.

Thank you for supporting access to reproductive health care for low-income  
women,
millions of women are counting on you!

Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

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Parenthood Mar Monte.

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