Do your friends know what they'll lose?

[Omaha Steve]

Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled the Senate health-care bill last night. Let's get to what this means for women.

First, this bill does not include the Stupak-Pitts language that is in the House version. On Monday, I delivered a petition to Sen. Reid urging him not to include the extreme anti-choice provision. The petition was signed by 97,218 pro-choice Americans like you – thank you for helping make a difference!

Second, the Senate debate is about to begin, and we are not in the clear. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah is threatening to offer an amendment similar to the Stupak-Pitts abortion-coverage ban.1 This is what we anticipated – and exactly what 97,218 pro-choice Americans stood up against when they signed our petition.

That's why I need you to do one more thing right now: forward the message below to your pro-choice friends and family. If we want the Senate to get the message, we need everyone to take action – and fast.

Don't let this initial piece of good news give you a false sense of security. Please don't wait. Just forward along the message below (or use the handy social networking links under my signature) – and thank you.

My best,

Nancy Keenan
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America

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1 "Orrin Hatch Will Introduce Abortion Funding Restrictions in Senate Health Bill." Politics Daily, November 17, 2009, http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/17/orin-hatch-will-introduce-abortion-funding-restrictions-in-senat/

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Hey —

I don't know if you've seen this, but I'm shocked:

When the House passed the health-reform bill, anti-choice members of Congress included language (the Stupak-Pitts amendment) that would essentially block private-insurance companies from covering abortion in the new system.

Right now, our fight is in the Senate – where anti-choice politicians are threatening to put Stupak-Pitts language in the Senate bill.

I sent a letter to my senators urging them to oppose any effort to include the abortion-coverage ban in their bill – but my letters aren't enough. Will you join me and write your own letter today?

http://www.stopabortionban.org/

Thank you for doing this with me.
Steven

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[DesertFlower]

1. i signed the petition and posted

the link on my facebook page.