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Westchester Magazine Perpetuates Rep Hayworth Deception
May 27th, 2011 by catherineNan Hayworth is not pro-choice. Prior to her election, she expressed support for restricting Choice, and support for the Stupak Amendment. After her election she has voted against reproductive rights multiple times:
- She voted for the Pence bill to cut all funding to Planned Parenthood and all of their cancer screenings, STI testing, birth control and more even though she knows that no federal funds go to abortion now because of the Hyde Amendment;
- She voted to cut all Title X funding and thus the family planning services provided to approximately five million women and men;
- She voted to overturn the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The fact that she calls herself pro-choice would be baffling if we did not know she simply does it because the voters in her district (19 CD) would never have elected her if they had known she was anti-choice.
And another point, the Westchester Magazine article portrays Nan and her husband as this cute couple in a relationship where she goes to Washington and he stays home with the kids. The truth is that he is also a Washington player. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Medical Group Association — a group that lobbies Congress, and thus his wife. I find the idea of a representative from our area being married to a lobbyist, voting on healthcare issues to be troubling.
Posted byJaney Lee, Board Member, WCLA-Choice Matters
(In Westchester County, WCLA-Choice Matters is the organization that actually does the homework to see if a candidate’s claim to be pro-choice is true or not. )
“GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits”
March 20th, 2011 by catherineStop The Insanity! This Extremist Anti-Choice Congress Wants the IRS to Audit Abortions.
Anti-Choice Extremists, led by Republican House Rep. Pitts, want to pass H.R. 3–the Stupak Amendment on Steroids–so the IRS can audit abortions.
They don’t care about jobs. They Only Want to Continue On-going Attacks Against Women!
These zealots want to subject rape and incest victims to audits if they choose abortion.
If Pitts‘ bill H.R.3, becomes law it could prohibit using tax benefits such as credits or deductions to pay for an abortion or health insurance that includes abortion coverage.
In enforcing H.R. 3, the IRS could make a woman relive the horrid experience by requiring that she describe her sexual assault that she already told the police again to an agent from the IRS.
If Pitts‘ bill H.R.3, becomes law it could prohibit using tax benefits such as credits or deductions to pay for an abortion or health insurance that includes abortion coverage.
In enforcing H.R. 3, the IRS could make a woman relive the horrid experience by requiring that she describe her sexual assault that she already told the police again to an agent from the IRS.
Pssst-Pass it On: University of Vermont Students Oppose the Pence Amendment!
March 11th, 2011 by catherineStudents at the University of Vermont Show They are Willing to Fight for What is Important–Women’s Health!
On February 25, 2011, Senator Lederer-Plaskett and Speaker of the Senate Chevrier sponsored a resolution in opposition to the Pence Amendment.
They used the attached PowerPoint presentation to help make their argument. Click to view: PPHPWPT
An overwhelming majority of the Student Government Senate then voted in support of the resolution.
Knowing the power of the vote, the University of Vermont Student Government Association will send the resolution to Vermont’s U.S. Senators, Patrick Leahy and Bernard Sanders, urging them to vote ‘nay’ on the Pence Amendment, in an effort to protect the health and well being of all Vermont Residents, including students at the University of Vermont.
Pass this on to the students you know. They can join forces with students at the University of Vermont and around the country.
Below is the text of the resolution:
Resolution in Opposition to the Pence Amendment
Whereas, the Pence Amendment and Proposed Budget Cuts passed the U.S. House of Representatives on February 17, 2011,
Whereas, the Pence Amendment and Proposed Budget Cuts will end all Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood and 102 affiliated organizations
Whereas, the current federal funding makes up approximately 37% of Planned Parenthood’s annual budget[1],
Whereas, Planned Parenthood provides life-saving cancer screenings and pap smears, STI and HIV Testing, and distributes Contraception and information about Family Planning free of charge[2],
Whereas, Planned Parenthood provides free health care services to those who cannot afford them,
Whereas, Planned Parenthood maintains that if the Pence Amendment passed in the Senate, 48% of their patients would be unable to utilize Planned Parenthood’s services and therefore would have no way of accessing their chosen form of health care[3],
Whereas, the Hyde Amendment prohibits any federal funding for abortion, excluding abortions due to rape or incest, or a threat to the life of the woman, eliminating the possibility of federal funding for Planned Parenthood from being used to fund abortion procedures[4],
Whereas, without Federal Funding Planned Parenthood would be unable to provide much needed services and would be forced to close as many as eight hundred clinics[5],
Whereas, Planned Parenthood serves 3 million Americans, and 21,000 Vermonters annually[6],
Whereas, the University of Vermont Student Government Association believes that the budget cuts to Planned Parenthood would have an extremely detrimental effect on the health and wellbeing of the UVM Student Body and the United States as a whole,
Be It Resolved that the University of Vermont Student Government Association demands the continued federal funding of Planned Parenthood and other Women’s Health Organizations,
Be it Further Resolved that the University of Vermont Student Government Association urges its U.S. Senators, Patrick Leahy and Bernard Sanders, to vote ‘nay’ on the Pence Amendment, in an effort to protect the health and wellbeing of all Vermont Residents, including students at the University of Vermont.
[1] http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/Pence_Fact_021111_vF.pdf
[2] http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
[3] http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/Pence_Fact_021111_vF.pdf
[4] http://www.factcheck.org/2010/04/the-abortion-issue/
[5] http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/Pence_Fact_021111_vF.pdf
[6] Ibid
