[CC] Protect the Right to Choose! (fwd)

[Alan Sondheim]

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Date: Mon, 10  Mar  2003 07:05:16 -0500
From: action at dcaclu.org
To: aclu_list at capwiz.mailmanager.net
Subject: Protect the Right to Choose!

From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU
To: ACLU Action Network Members
Date: March 10, 2003

1) Protect the Right to Choose!

The U.S. Senate is expected this week to once again consider legislation that would ban so-called "partial-birth abortions." Just like previous versions of this legislation, the bill before the Senate continues to lack an exception to protect women's health -- a requirement that the Supreme Court said is constitutionally compelled.

The legislation before the Senate would seriously compromise women's health and drastically limit physicians' discretion to choose the most medically appropriate abortion method for their patients.

Take Action! Urge your Members of Congress to oppose this regressive and unconstitutional legislation! Click here to get more information and send a free fax:

http://www.aclu.org/ReproductiveRights/ReproductiveRights.cfm?ID=10780&c=143

2) Support Civil Rights: Oppose the Faith-Based Initiative!

After voting on the anti-choice legislation, the Senate is expected to turn to a bill that would write into federal law President Bush's initiative for government-funded religion. If you have not yet sent a FREE FAX to your Senators about this dangerous legislation, please send your letter today!

The legislation before the Senate must be amended. Unless Congress explicitly prohibits discrimination, the Bush Administration has made it clear that it will allow religious organizations that take federal funds to discriminate against job applicants on the basis of religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, HIV status or any other characteristic that a religious organization finds objectionable.

Take Action! All federally funded employers must protect, not gut, the civil rights of all Americans.

Click here to get more information and send a free fax:

http://www.aclu.org/ReligiousLiberty/ReligiousLiberty.cfm?ID=11059&c=37

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