The Trust Women\/Silver Ribbon Campaign initiated a collaboration with MoveOn to conduct an online campaign during Jan. 20-27, 2012, to build solidarity and momentum for reproductive health, rights and justice.<\/p>\n
The majority of Americans believe that women should have access to basic health care services and that decisions about reproductive health care including family planning and abortion should be left to each person.\u00a0 But in 2011,\u00a0rather than addressing the public’s pressing concerns about the economy, Congress and state legislatures declared a “War on Women.”<\/p>\n
36 states\u00a0enacted 135 provisions limiting access to reproductive health care, including 92 measures restricting abortion.1<\/sup> The U.S. House of Representatives held eight votes to limit reproductive health care. H.R.358 gives hospitals the right to refuse to provide a woman with emergency, lifesaving abortion care \u2013 even if she will die without it.<\/p>\n These measures restrict life choices for all women and families, with the most severe consequences for the most vulnerable. Low income women, younger women and women of color experience the highest rates of unintended pregnancies.<\/p>\n The National Online March aimed to begin 2012 with a powerful event that builds solidarity and momentum for reproductive justice.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n We aimed to turn the tide on these policies in 2012.<\/p>\n Trust Women Week launched an affirmative campaign that marshalled support across the boundaries of age, ethnicity\/race, and geography; that linked concerns about the economy and politics with issues of reproductive health; and that challenged mainstream thinking on these issues with a range of messages and approaches.<\/p>\n I trust women and I vote. (Please click here to read the entire evaluation.)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Trust Women\/Silver Ribbon Campaign initiated a collaboration with MoveOn to conduct an online campaign during Jan. 20-27, 2012, to build solidarity and momentum for reproductive health, rights and justice. The majority of Americans believe that women should have access … Continue reading
\nReproductive rights are human rights.
\nKeep abortion safe and legal, and make it accessible and affordable.
\nStand up and be counted for reproductive justice.
\nWe are the 99%. Fix the economy, and stop the attacks on women’s health.
\nContraception Is<\/span> Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n