{"id":1279,"date":"2013-01-17T18:04:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T18:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2013-01-22T18:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T18:00:05","slug":"trust-women-week-jan-22-28-2013-unite-speak-out-organize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"TRUST WOMEN WEEK, JAN. 22-28, 2013 ~ UNITE, SPEAK OUT, ORGANIZE!"},"content":{"rendered":"
TRUST WOMEN WEEK, JAN. 22-28, 2013 ~ UNITE, SPEAK OUT, ORGANIZE!<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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January 22, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade<\/em> that legalized abortion in the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women is participating in the second National Online March for Trust Women Week.\u00a0 Click here to join people around the U.S.<\/a> expressing support for reproductive health, rights and justice. You can add\u00a0 your own comments,\u00a0 and invite everyone you know to join in and speak up.<\/strong> We and our partner organizations commit to sending your\u00a0\u00a0 views to policy-makers, and to keeping you informed of the big issues\u00a0\u00a0 that lie ahead this year, and actions you can take.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

W<\/span>omen won historic numbers of seats in Congress in the November election<\/span>. Voters across the political spectrum supported women’s reproductive\u00a0 health, rights, and justice, and defeated candidates who trivialized\u00a0 women’s safety. Florida rejected a ballot measure that would outlaw\u00a0 public funding for abortions. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But many state legislatures and members of Congress continue to attack\u00a0 access to birth control and abortion care, and cut funds for health care providers like Planned Parenthood. In Mississippi, state regulators plan to force\u00a0 the last clinic that provides abortions to close. These\u00a0 restrictions most severely affect low-income women and women of color,\u00a0 and women in certain geographic areas. <\/span><\/p>\n

Threats continue to women’s long-term economic and social security and safety. <\/span><\/p>\n

Trust Women Week partner organizations are joining together to express the\u00a0 powerful voices of the majority of women, men, children, families and\u00a0 communities who uphold traditional American values of democracy, independence, fairness, progress, innovation and pragmatism. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

See www.oursilverribbon.org<\/span><\/a> to find an event near you – or create one and post it!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Messages to Congress<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I Trust Women and I Vote
\nWomen can make our own decisions about our reproductive health, and we did and will vote to enforce that right.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Her decision, her health
\nWe extend respect and compassion to individual women facing decisions about a pregnancy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep abortion safe and legal, and make it accessible and affordable<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stand up and be counted for the human right to reproductive health and justice.
\nReproductive justice and rights call on us to create the\u00a0 conditions necessary for health, recognizing that we must take action to overcome disparities based on social factors including race, gender,\u00a0 and income.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contraception is Prevention
\nContraception must be included in preventive health care benefits in all public and private health insurance programs<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fix the economy and stop the attacks on women’s health.
\nWe call on the <\/span>government and our elected officials to help<\/span> improve<\/span> our lives and create the conditions to be healthy.
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. Out of My Uterus
\nP<\/span>oliticians should stop interfering in women’s personal health decisions, especially<\/span> related to reproductive biology and sex.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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