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sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 07:18 PM Apr 2013

We Did It!

From my email.
Draw the Line.
http://support.reproductiverights.org/site/R?i=aBQa8V3AFaqhipNBH26nVg


VICTORY! A federal court just issued a landmark decision removing restrictions on a woman’s access to emergency contraception.

Make a gift today and celebrate this HUGE step forward for women.

Dear ...

We did it!

A federal judge just issued a landmark decision in our FDA case—ordering the agency to remove all restrictions that impede and delay a woman’s access to emergency contraception within 30 days.

This is a HUGE victory for women's heatlh. Make a gift now to celebrate legal strategies that change women’s lives.

The impact of today’s ruling is tremendous. It means that when your birth control fails, you can get EC as soon as possible to prevent pregnancy.

Soon, women across the country should no longer need a prescription to get emergency contraception or be subjected to identification checks. The medication can truly be sold over-the-counter—on drugstore shelves and in stores other than pharmacies.

This is a major step forward for reproductive rights, but we can’t become complacent. Make a gift today so we can continue the fight.


Since 2001, the Center has aggressively pushed the U.S. government to acknowledge the overwhelming scientific and medical evidence proving the safety of emergency contraception for women of all ages. Yet time and time again, politics trumped what was best for women's health.

In today’s decision, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman described moves to block increased access to EC as, “politically motivated, scientifically unjustified, and contrary to agency precedent.”

The Center has always believed that women should have access to the full range of safe and effective birth control methods. Today’s momentous decision means that they finally will.

Help us continue to push legal strategies that change women’s lives.

I am so grateful to you and the thousands of activists who have stuck by us on this journey. We know that great change isn’t possible without your support of the Center and to women’s fundamental reproductive rights.

Today, we won a battle—working together, we will win the war.

Thanks, as always, for all you do,



Nancy Northup
President & CEO

PS - The Center has been battling the FDA for more than a decade to make sure all women can access emergency contraception quickly when they need it. We won’t stop fighting for women’s health, but we can’t do it alone. Make a gift to celebrate today’s victory and invest in legal strategies that change women’s lives.


It's a step in the right direction. We need to make more!

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We Did It! (Original Post) sheshe2 Apr 2013 OP
Congrats!`Why should anyone even have to fight for this....? pangaia Apr 2013 #1
I have no clue, pangaia. n/t sheshe2 Apr 2013 #2
because Obama has two daughters Enrique Apr 2013 #3
Winner DURHAM D Apr 2013 #6
If I had daughters, there would be a dose sitting in the medicine cabinet, next to the condoms. eggplant Apr 2013 #9
I'll second that, and I have a daughter and 5 granddaughters. mountain grammy Apr 2013 #11
I was thinking about my post, and it occurred to me eggplant Apr 2013 #17
Yep, I also raised two sons and they knew where babies came from and how to prevent it. mountain grammy Apr 2013 #20
C A T H O L I C I S M SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2013 #4
k&r n/t RainDog Apr 2013 #5
Will it be appealed though? Congratulations! KoKo Apr 2013 #7
I hope not......... sheshe2 Apr 2013 #8
Congratulations, sheshe2! Sissyk Apr 2013 #10
About time! Someday we won't need "abortion clinics." mountain grammy Apr 2013 #12
+1 and Thank you! sheshe2 Apr 2013 #13
No, sheshe2, thank you! mountain grammy Apr 2013 #14
+1. Yes, they have made people dealing with private situations whipping posts for the RWNJs. freshwest Apr 2013 #18
K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2013 #15
Most excellent! BrotherIvan Apr 2013 #16
kick Liberal_in_LA Apr 2013 #19

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
3. because Obama has two daughters
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:01 PM
Apr 2013

and he didn't want this pill next to the bubble gum and batteries.

eggplant

(3,891 posts)
9. If I had daughters, there would be a dose sitting in the medicine cabinet, next to the condoms.
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 10:03 PM
Apr 2013

It's just that simple.

eggplant

(3,891 posts)
17. I was thinking about my post, and it occurred to me
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 11:38 AM
Apr 2013

that it shouldn't matter that I have sons and not daughters. The same items should be in there regardless. I think that when the time comes, they will be.

mountain grammy

(26,568 posts)
20. Yep, I also raised two sons and they knew where babies came from and how to prevent it.
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 04:19 PM
Apr 2013

They were taught responsiblity and that they should always treat women with respect as equals. They have soooo lived up to my expectations.

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,992 posts)
4. C A T H O L I C I S M
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:07 PM
Apr 2013

For one thing. And Evangelicals for another. The "Right to Life" movement is purely poltical.

mountain grammy

(26,568 posts)
12. About time! Someday we won't need "abortion clinics."
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 10:18 PM
Apr 2013

Oh, how I hate that distinction. It singles out employees, volunteers, and most of all, patients, as targets for the anti choice people who have no business knowing about or interfering in anyone else's business.

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