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Protect Women's Health in Health Care Reform
Congress's efforts to reform our nation's health care system could improve the lives of women, men, and families everywhere. You'd think this is a sentiment everyone can agree on – but some lawmakers are using health care reform to undermine existing women's health benefits.
There is pressure for Congress to exclude reproductive health care (and not just abortion care) from health insurance plans – restricting women from preventive care, such as Pap smears, and denying them access to the trusted providers of their choice.
Women cannot be worse off under health care reform than they are today. Reproductive care must be included in any covered plan and women must be able to access that care through community providers they trust.
Send the message below today and urge your Congressmember to put women's health above politics, and ensure reproductive health care and those who provide it are included in health care reform efforts.
| Sample Letter for Campaign |
Subject: Protect Women's Health in Health Care Reform
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
I urge you to protect and prioritize the health of women as you work towards health care reform. It has come to my attention that Congress is under pressure to exclude reproductive health care, including abortion care, from reform plans and to limit a woman's ability to choose health providers she trusts.
Health care reform without full access to reproductive health care is no reform at all. Millions of women depend on reproductive health services and the essential community health centers that provide such care to plan their families and stay healthy.
American women cannot afford to be worse off under health care reform than they are today. Health care reform should INCREASE access to health benefits, not decrease access.
I strongly urge you to defeat efforts to exclude coverage of comprehensive, preventive reproductive health care and essential community providers from health care reform.
Sincerely,
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