Dear Lucas,
He's back and we need your help to stop him again.
Even though the Senate rejected Cong. Bart Stupak's initial language to prohibit millions of women from getting coverage for abortion in their health insurance, he's making one last ditch effort to get his provisions into the final health care bill. And, if he doesn't get his way, he's planning to derail health care reform altogether.
Stupak says that he and 11 other members of Congress will hold health care hostage if they don't see more restrictions made on women's rights -- restrictions that, like his earlier proposal, could go further than any previous federal law to restrict access to abortion. But we can't let that happen.
We must fight back against Stupak's repeated dangerous assault on women's reproductive rights.
Click here to join the pro-choice Democratic women in Congress and say, loud and clear: Stop Stupak! New restrictions on women's rights must not be included in the final health care bill!
When Stupak tried this the first time, we were proud of the women in Congress who stood up to him. One by one, they rose on the floor to fight for women's reproductive rights. Anyone who asks why we need more women in Congress need only remember that debate and how it was the EMILY's List supported members of Congress who stood up for what was right.
We need to continue to show our women we're standing right beside them, ready to tell Stupak and his anti-choice colleagues that we won't compromise when it comes to our rights.
Join with us on StopStupak.com to tell our women in Congress we're standing with them and, together, we must stop Stupak's attack on women's rights!
During the debate this fall, we mobilized and, together, made our voices heard on this issue. That's exactly what we must do again today -- because there's too much on the line to sit this one out.
Thank you for all you're doing to make sure heath care reform makes women's lives healthier and safer.
Take care,
Stephanie Schriock
President