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After a huge public outcry, Republicans are back-pedaling from an outrageous attempt to redefine rape.¹ 

But the attacks on women's health continue—including a bill that would allow hospitals to let a pregnant woman die rather than perform a life-saving abortion.² 

It's absolutely horrifying. "This is really out there," said NARAL's Donna Crane. "Is it truly [the bill's sponsor] Rep. Pitts' position that a woman should die at the entrance of a hospital that refuses to provide abortion care necessary to save her life?"³ 

And there's more. Another bill would effectively prevent women from using their own money to purchase insurance that includes abortion coverage in the new insurance exchanges, among other things.⁴ Rep. Carolyn Maloney called this bill "the deepest attack on a woman's right to choose in my lifetime."⁵ Expert Jessica Arons said it would "accomplish the unstated end of making abortion as difficult to obtain as possible without actually criminalizing it."⁶

It's reprehensible. We can't let the GOP force women back into the back alley. Can you sign the petition below telling Congress to oppose these attacks on women's right to choose? 

http://pol.moveon.org/smithbill/splash.html?rc=homepage_splash 

The petition says: "Stop the GOP war on women's health. Letting a pregnant woman die on the hospital steps is reprehensible. This and all attempts to erode a woman's right to choose must stop." 

Tomorrow, local MoveOn members in "We Won't Go Back to the Back Alley" T-shirts will deliver your petitions during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Anti-choice activists are sure to be out in full force at the hearing, so we need a huge stack of names to show Congress and the news media that voters won't stand for this attack. 

These bills are a full-throated attack on women's reproductive freedoms. As noted above, one bill would allow hospitals to deny a woman a life-saving abortion—a major change from current law.⁷ Another bill would:⁸ 

• Effectively ban abortion coverage in the new health insurance exchangeseven if people pay for coverage with their own money. 
• Impose tax penalties on small businesses that pay for health plans that cover abortion and people who pay for abortion care. 
• Force the District of Columbia to impose all of the above laws, instead of letting the city decide its own laws.
• Permanently ban any federal spending on abortion care.

Thanks for all you do.

–Kat, Eli, Milan, Carrie, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "House Republicans drop controversial 'forcible rape' language," CNN, February 3, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205960&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=5

2. "New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion," Talking Points Memo, February 4, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205974&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=6

3. "New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion," Talking Points Memo, February 4, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205974&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=7

"After 'forcible rape,' another abortion restriction," The Washington Post, February 7, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206009&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=8

"New Bill, New Problems for Anti-Choice Politicians," NARAL Pro-Choice America, February 3, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206010&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=9

"Conscience rights debate reignited by abortion funds bill," The Hill, February 5, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206005&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=10

4. "Extreme Abortion Coverage Ban Introduced," Center for American Progress, January 20, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205961&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=11

6. "Extreme Abortion Coverage Ban Introduced," Center for American Progress, January 20, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205961&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=13l

7. "New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion," Talking Points Memo, February 4, 2011 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205974&id=26037-8424909-Rb4Giux&t=15

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