1000 Women Leaders say "We've had enough!" (PA)

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011

1000 Women Leaders say "We've had enough!"

We need your help. The Pennsylvania legislature is on the verge of passing new abortion regulations that are so burdensome that many safe, compassionate and pro-women providers are expected to close.  Another bill that would prevent women from using their health insurance to cover abortion care is one step away from final passage.  Another bill to force doctors to ask women to look at their ultrasound image and listen to a fetal heartbeat before abortion is waiting in the wings. In the meantime, women are suffering from a failing economy and a sluggish recovery that has not produced jobs for women; from widespread wage discrimination; from harassment, violence, and abuse; from hunger and poverty; from lack of health care; from a lack of affordable housing and transportation; and from inadequate support for their family responsibilities. Our state government’s answer to these real problems is, Let’s pass another abortion restriction!In fact, in the first six months of this year, the Pennsylvania legislature acted on anti-abortion legislation on fully one-third of its voting session days. Had enough? As a leader in your community, we are asking you to join the 1000 Women Leaders campaign to send a message to the Pennsylvania legislature that we’ve had enough. 1000 Women Leaders is a shared initiative of the Women’s Law Project and Pennsylvanians for Choice, a statewide coalition of reproductive health advocates and providers. Our goal is to shift the focus of our state government away from restricting abortion and toward solving the problems of real women in communities across the Commonwealth. How to participate:  All we ask is that you add your name to the rapidly growing list of women leaders (see below)who think the Pennsylvania legislature should stop passing new abortion restrictions and start solving women’s real problems. We will share the list with these leaders at a rally at the state capitol scheduled for Tuesday, September 27th. We hope you’ll be there. Yes, please add my name to the 1000 Women Leaders List! If, in addition to lending the force of your name, you are also in a position to make a contribution, we will put all funds raised from the 1000 Women Leaders initiative into a paid media campaign to publicize our message. Contributions are tax-deductable.  And if you’d like to spread the word to another woman whose name is missing from the 1000 Women Leaders list, please pass this message along through your networks. Also, if you would like to participate in our social media campaign and learn more about the rally on September 27th, visit www.wevehadenoughpa.org. The We’ve Had Enough campaign is also a project of Pennsylvanians for Choice and is committed to planning the September rally and educating Pennsylvanians about this dangerous legislation. 1000 Women Leaders (affiliations are listed for identification purposes only)

Amanda S. Aronoff, Executive Director WOMEN'S WAY Suzanne Sheehan Becker Jessica Beckett-McWalter, Esq. Kathy Black, President Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union women Jen Boulanger Allentown Women's Center Jeanne K.C. Clark, Chair Shadyside Dems, Democratic Committee Seventh Ward, City of Pittsburgh Jennifer R. Clarke, Executive Director Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Melissa M. Craig Gerianne Tringali DiPiano, President & CEO FemmePharma Global Healthcare, Inc. Barbara Burgos DiTullio WomenVote PA Anna Doering AD Consulting Julie Drendall JoAnne A. Epps Nancy O'Mara Ezold, Esq. Sara K. Faisetty Allentown Women's Center Kristyn Felman, MPH, LSW Cynthia Figueroa Alma Speed Fox Susan Frietsche, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney Women's Law Project Terry Gillen Carol Goertzel, President & CEO Pathways PA Nancy Bregstein Gordon Brenda Green CHOICE PA Wendy Grube, Ph.D., CRNP Barbara Hafer Hafer and Associates, LLC Honorable Babette Josephs Pennsylvania House of Representatives Carol Ann Kell Eve Biskind Klothen Vicki W. Kramer V. Kramer & Associates Judith N. Lasker, Ph.D. Dept. Sociology & Anthropology, Lehigh University Roberta D. Liebenberg, Esq. Gail Lopez-Henriques, Esq. Carol A. Mager, Esq. Dorothy Mann Lynn A. Marks Tara Marks La'Tasha D. Mayes New Voices Pennsylvania: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice Kate Michelman, Former President NARAL Pro-Choice America Leslie Anne Miller, Esq., LLC Diane Mohney, Recording Secretary Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union Women Dr. Lynne Ann Molter, Professor & Chair Dept. of Engineering, Swarthmore College Kimberly C. Oxholm Nancy Reese, Chief Creative Officer Akoya Sarah Ricks, Board of Trustees Women's Law Project Mary Catherine Roper, Staff Attorney American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Judith A. Ruszkowski Margaret Sadler Susan Schewel, Executive Director Women's Medical Fund Carolyn Scott Dayle Steinberg, President & CEO Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania Sylvia Stengle Martha Swartz, Esq. Stella M. Tsai, Esq. Carol E. Tracy, Esq., Executive Director Women's Law Project Deborah A. Williq, Esq. Kathleen J. Wilson, Vice President Pennsylvania NOW