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Dear
***,
Yesterday, we asked you to immediately
contact your senators in the new Congress to encourage them to
fully fund family planning services, increase access to these
services through Medicaid, and protect teens with real sex
education.
In the first 24 hours, more than 17,112
messages have been generated to members of Congress. Our voices
are definitely being heard, but we've got to continue to speak
out.
Tell your
representatives to stand up for birth control — send the
Prevention First petition now.
Each year, more than 17 million
low-income women need publicly funded family planning services.
As part of our 2007 Prevention First Agenda, we're pressing
Congress to fully fund family planning services to make sure
these women can get the care they need.
The Bush
administration is convinced that it can derail efforts to
advance family planning by putting a confirmed opponent of birth
control, Eric Keroack, in charge of America's family planning
efforts. But with the new Congress, we have before us an
enormous opportunity to expand access to birth control services
and information. We can't let them take it away.
We've
got to make sure that Congress acts to strengthen and expand
access to birth control and other family planning services.
Millions of women will benefit when we win this
fight.
Don't let Bush and Keroack stand in our way
— not for a minute.
Tell your
representatives to stand up for birth control — send the
Prevention First petition now!
Thank you
for acting quickly on this urgent
matter.
Sincerely,
Cecile
Richards
President
Planned Parenthood Federation of
America
P.S. Here are just some of the powerful messages
you can help us share with Congress.
Birth
Control
- Title X, the only federal program dedicated solely to
funding family planning and related reproductive health care
services, provides reproductive health care services to five
million low-income women each year — helping to prevent
one million unintended pregnancies annually.
- Nevertheless, Title X is grossly underfunded and cannot
serve all 17 million low-income women who need publicly funded
reproductive health care services. The numbers of unintended
pregnancies and abortions among low-income women are on the
rise.
- Title X must be fully funded and access should be expanded
through Medicaid.
Sex Ed
- One billion dollars has been wasted on abstinence-only
education, which denies young people real information about how
to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,
including AIDS.
- Seventy-five percent of parents believe comprehensive,
medically accurate sex education should be taught in
schools.
- Congress should protect teens' health by passing REAL, the
Responsible Education About Life Act.
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