Planned Parenthood

Tell Mitt Romney and every other candidate for office that you won't stand by while they try to tear down Planned Parenthood and turn back the clock on women's health. Take the pledge: http://womenarewatching.org/romney

 Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, supports President Obama because he believes in women and trusts women to make responsible decisions. She notes the strong contrast between the positions of President Obama and the Republican party leadership who seem to want to put government in between women and their doctors.

Since January of last year, bills targeting women's health have been introduced in all 50 states. But women will remember who turned their backs on us and who voted to keep us healthy. On Election Day, women will be fighting back.

The Fort Bend County Young Democrats will present an evening of discussion with Planned Parenthood of Houston & Southeast Texas (PPHSET) Action Fund on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Sienna Branch Library located at 8411 Sienna Springs Blvd., Missouri City, Texas 77459.

From 2011-2012, legislators in all 50 states introduced more than 1,500 measures targeting women's health, and 130 anti-women's health measure have already become law. The fact of the matter is the attacks on women's health are not fiction. http://www.womenarewatching.org

It's politics over public health. Texas Governor Rick Perry and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell have been hard at work passing "emergency" legislation to eliminate women's health care in their states.

We've had enough. We're watching anti-women's health politicians like Govs. Perry and McDonnell and we will be standing up to their radical policies.

A Sarasota, FL mother recounts how a Planned Parenthood health center saved her life. Like millions of American women, Smithers relied on Planned Parenthood for basic preventive care when she was a young student lacking health insurance. A Pap test she received at age 19 showed that she had developed cervical cancer.

President Obama knows how important women's health is, and he respects the right of every woman to make her own medical decisions. Watch the video to see his special message to Planned Parenthood Action Fund supporters -- and then sign our letter thanking him for standing strong for women's health: http://bit.ly/GU7tG4

Already, 20 million women have received preventive care without a co-pay because of the health care reform law. When the health care reform law is fully implemented, women will no longer be discriminated against by insurance companies, and essential services including cancer screenings, birth control, and HIV testing and counseling will be covered with no co-pays.

When it comes to women's health, Mitt Romney can't be trusted. Yesterday, he made this point crystal clear. In an interview with KSDK St. Louis in Missouri, Romney was asked what programs would he eliminate or defund to reduce the federal deficit. His response: "Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that."