Protect Reproductive Rights..

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Whereas denying the right to choose abortion will not curtail abortions but will send desperate women to dangerous, unlicensed clinics; and

Whereas, the right to choose, as established by the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, is now threatened; and

Whereas policies initiated during the Bush administrations have hindered family assistance groups in their family planning programs; and

Whereas poor women have become particularly vulnerable due to their dependence on government health care programs; be it, therefore

Resolved that candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrate a strong commitment to a woman's right to choose; and be it further

Resolved that the government be denied the ability to intervene in medical treatments, including abortion, that a woman requests from her doctor; and further

Resolved that all medical records remain totally private and unavailable to the government; and further

Resolved that the government adequately fund universal family planning and gynecological services, including abortion procedures, to all women needing government assistance

Original version entitled "Reserve the Right to Choose", written Jan. 2004 by the Texans for Kucinich campaign. Merged (Feb. 2008) by K. Kain with a similar resolution written Feb. 2006 entitled "Reproductive Rights" by Cathy Tarte and Ted Weisgal.