Speak out now against Stupak extremism!

Speak out now against Stupak extremism!

The anti-abortion agenda is now in full view. Anti-choice extremists think they have won a massive victory in their attempt to limit access to abortion. Let’s prove them wrong.

Hundreds of thousands of people are telling President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi to protect the reproductive freedom of millions of American women. Will you join them?

Urge our country’s leaders to reject anti-choice efforts to hijack health care by signing our petition today.

As the Senate takes up health care reform, we need the personal leadership of President Obama, Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi to make sure health care reform legislation doesn’t undermine the reproductive rights of women all across the country.

As you may know, anti-choice forces in the House led by Representatives Stupak and Pitts succeeded in making the House health care bill a vehicle for advancing their agenda.

This isn't, as its sponsors claim, an attempt to make sure health care legislation maintains the "status quo" when it comes to federal funds not being spent on abortions. It is an effort to dramatically alter the landscape of reproductive rights for women all across the country.

Health care reform should improve women’s health and lives, not interfere with their ability to get the health care they need. But politics and ideology came together in a toxic mix when the House of Representatives added the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

We can’t let the same thing happen in the Senate or in final legislation.

Urge our country’s leaders to reject anti-choice efforts to hijack health care.

If this amendment is part of the final health care legislation, anyone who participates in the health care exchange will be prohibited from buying a plan that covers abortion care if they receive a federal subsidy, even if they contribute their own private funds to pay part of the premium.

Please act right now by urging President Obama, Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi to protect women’s ability to make private health care decisions without government interference.

Thank you so much for acting to protect reproductive freedom.

Sincerely,
Vania Leveille
ACLU Legislative Counsel

P.S. Even though the odds seem daunting, I know we can win. The Stupak-Pitts amendment is one of the most dangerous intrusions into women’s lives we’ve ever experienced. But you and I know the American people don’t want the government interfering in their personal lives. Please take action today and tell your friends to do the same.