Progressives Organize Sign-on Letter and Ad Campaign to Stop Stupak-Pitts

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 11, 2009 - 11:36am (Print)

Congresswomen Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) have launched a sign-on letter and ad campaign to stop the Stupak-Pitts amendment in health reform.

These Representatives have put themselves on the line to defend our rights.  We need to stand behind them.

Sign, tweet, and get others onto the letter today and if you can, contribute to the ad campaign.

The link for the campaign is here.

Follow Jodi Jacobson on Twitter, @jljacobson

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On Contraceptive Coverage, It's Not Up to Obama to Decide What is More "Catholic"

by Frances Kissling
Nov 25, 12:29pm
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The President seems unaware of the fact that Catholics who matter have disagreed with the Vatican’s current prohibition on contraception. Catholics, including institutions within the Catholic community, are free to follow their conscience on contraception. It is not up to the Obama administration to decide what action is more “Catholic" on the matter of contraception.

The Other 99 Percent: Will Obama Betray Them?

by Carole Joffe
Nov 20, 9:09pm
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There is another 99 percent group in our country, distinct from but inextricably entwined with the now more familiar #99Percent. I refer to the 99 percent of American women who have ever had sexual intercourse and have used a birth control method at least some of the time.

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