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URGENT! TAKE ACTION NOW! Petition to Senators re: Women's Rights!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, health care bill, S 1796, women, women's rights, pro-choice, preventing abortion coverage, against women's healthcare rights, petition, NOW )

ON VACATI
- 7 days ago - capwiz.com
Senate plans to vote in amendment to health care bill, S 1796, preventing millions of women from obtaining insurance coverage for abortion under health care reform. Sign petition NOW!
24 comments
Call on Senate Leader Reid: Stop Abortion Coverage Ban for Private Plans - The Petition Site
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, women, reproductive rights, senate, government, healthcare, politics )

Jelica
- 8 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Urgent: The Stupak Amendment to the House health care bill has raised a firestorm of protest. You can read about it at Care2, where we have several posts already with more on the way. Keep your eyes on our Women's Rights and Health Policy channels for inf
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House of Representatives Passes Health-Care Reform Bill in Historic Vote - By Slim Majority
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health care reform, historic vote, House, Pelosi, public option, concessions, Blue Dogs, pre-existing conditions, gender-specific conditions, women, LGBT, anti-abortion, religious cult, 'The Family', Catholic bishops )

Alba
- 12 days ago - alternet.org
Bill contains public health-ins plan. Passed by 220-215 wi steep concessions to BlueDogs irking prog lawmakers & activists. More on what's in it & likely battles to arise in committee, here & in "5 Key Fights We Face Against the Insur Ind" in comments.
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Tell Congress: Women Can't Afford to Lose-Take Action!- VIDEO
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democrats, women, healthcare, blockhealthcare, government )

Tierney
- 30 days ago - secure.prochoiceamerica.org
He's willing to block health-care reform unless Congress agrees to impose an abortion ban on women in the new health-care system.
10 comments
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl Is Tuning Out His Female Constituents
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, Arizona, Senators, Sen. John Kyl, Women, feminists, Kyl v. Women, national female constituents, maternity leave, defense businesses, corporate laws, sexual assault victims )

ON VACATI
- 37 days ago - azcentral.com
Well, it's about time someone notices this besides ME! Between Kyl (who thinks he's God), and McCain (who knows he's God), what'a the women of AZ supposed to do? No wonder we're all picking up our FEMINIST signs!!
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Sign Petition: Include The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Your Passport
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: world, humanrights, freedoms, government, UnitedNations, americans, passports, universal, declaration, human, rights, protection, men, women, children, families, torture, slavery, stoning, waterboarding, flogging, beating, FGM, honour, killings )

Tom
- 104 days ago - humanrightsactioncenter.org
Less than 5% of the world knows of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights existence. Because passports are the official representation of government, if the declaration is in all passports, it becomes an official documentation of the world.
19 comments
Sotomayor Confirmed By Senate--68-31
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: women, Hispanics, government, freedoms, news, usa, GoodNews, obama, media )

Cal
- 106 days ago - usatoday.com
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up speaking Spanish in a public housing project, is headed for a seat on the Supreme Court after an overwhelming Senate vote Thursday to make her the first Hispanic member of the court.
4 comments
Cherokee Named as Presidential Advisor
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, advisors, Cherokee, women, GoodNews )

Lone
- 108 days ago - cherokeephoenix.org
WASHINGTON - President Barak Obama recently selected Kimberly Teehee, a Cherokee Nation citizen, as the new senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council
15 comments
Sign Petition: Reverse Arnold's CA Budget Cuts To Battered Women and Children's Health Care!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, schwartzenegger, bully, california, budget, cuts, domestic, violence, women, children, healthcare, education, HIV, AIDS, testing, prevention, elderly, disabled, blind, sick )

Tom
- 109 days ago - act.credoaction.com
When Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the CA budget, he used his line-item veto power to slash millions of dollars of funding for children's health care services, HIV/AIDS testing and prevention, domestic violence shelters and many other core programs.
25 comments
Peru's Pregnant Women Dying at 'Scandalous' Rates
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Peruvian government, healthcare, women, human rights, treatment, health )

Dee
- 134 days ago - cnn.com
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.
4 comments
Sign Petition: Demand U.S. Government Ratify U.N. Treaties to End Human Trafficking and Slavery
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: world, violence, UnitedNations, politics, women, children, human, rights, freedom, europe, africa, asia, middle-east, america, slavery, discrimination, society, culture )

Tom
- 152 days ago - humantrafficking.change.org
Although The Convention on the Rights of the Child and The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women were signed by Secretary Albright in 1995, The U.S. remains the only Western Country to have not ratified these treaties.
23 comments
Poor Would Be Hard Hit By Proposed California Budget Cuts
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: society, culture, poor, medical, ssi, disability, mental, health, cuts, budget, california, Schwarzenegger, americans, family, children, women, rights, government, healthcare, illness, risks, socialsecurity )

Tom
- 179 days ago - latimes.com
Elimination of health and welfare programs would come at a steep price. Tens of thousands of families and children would be stripped of temporary financial help and health assistance, and the state would lose a huge pool of federal money.
6 comments
Sign Petition: Help Sexually Assaulted Women in the Military Find Justice
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: women, violence, rape, military, justice, culture, society, crime, safety, rights, sadness, government, americans, protection, treatment, safety, prevention )

Tom
- 189 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Women in the military need protection. They are twice as likely to be raped as their civilian counterparts, and are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. Urge the Secretary of Veterans Affair to reform TRICARE.
17 comments
White House Begins Effort to Bridge the Divide on Abortion
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Obama, Abortion, women, rights, healthcare, family, GoodNews )

Dee
- 197 days ago - online.wsj.com
The White House has begun bringing together a diverse group of abortion-rights supporters and opponents to help craft policies both sides can embrace: preventing unwanted pregnancies and reducing demand for abortion.
3 comments
IMPORTANT PETITION: Woman Justice NOW!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Supreme Court Justice, Appointments for Supreme Court, Women, NOW, Ginsburg, Woman on Supreme Court, Liberal, Barack Obama, Petitions, Women Justices, Judiciary )

ON VACATI
- 203 days ago - now.org
Please SIGN OUR PETITION urging him to name a woman like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is a proven advocate for equality and fair treatment under the Constitution. ."There I am all alone, and it doesn't look right," said Ginsburg. PLEASE SIGN!
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