Ask President Obama to take leadership to ratify CEDAW, the critically important women's rights treaty. President Obama should call upon the U.S. Senate to conduct hearings and finalize ratification of CEDAW. Sign our petition (to be delivered at the end of March, Women's History Month) or use our talking points in the background section to call the White House at (202) 456-1111 or fax them at (202) 456-2461. Take action NOW!
Currently abstinence-only funding remains in the Senate bill that will serve as the backbone of the final health care package. Without your assistance, these funds — $250 million over the next five years — will remain in the bill. The federal government has already wasted more than $1.5 billion on failed abstinence-only programs. We don't need to waste $250 million more. It's not too late for Congress to take action. Contact your representatives in Congress. Tell them to remove funding for failed abstinence-only programs from health care reform.
Health insurance rate hikes of up to 39 percent are now happening around the country. And the five biggest insurance companies earned 56% more in profits last year, while covering 2.7 million fewer people. This week insurance companies are meeting in Washington D.C. for their annual conference and no doubt, they plan to be out in force lobbying Congress against health reform. Don't let the insurance industry be the only voice heard on healthcare in DC! Make your voice heard telling Congress that when something so clearly stinks, a change is needed! Take a second now to sign this petition telling Congress that health insurance company practices of dropping coverage while raising costs stink--and that America's families need a change!
Now that reconciliation for health care reform is on the table and the public option can be passed by a majority vote, the White House is still saying the votes aren't there to pass it. If President Obama thinks that some of the senators who've claimed in the past to support the public option have changed their minds, he should start naming names and tell us who they are. Click here to sign the petition telling him to do just that.
We are now facing a double threat to women: even while Bart Stupak works furiously to resurrect his abortion ban, we face the reality that the Nelson amendment is included in the current health bill. If enacted, the Nelson amendment would be the most severe restriction on private health insurance coverage for abortion in 35 years.
It's time for Congress to put an end to this anti-choice push and focus on what matters most: extending health care coverage to the millions of Americans who are cut out of our current system. Tell Congress: Pass health care reform. Say no to any anti-choice side deals with Bart Stupak, and fix the Nelson amendment. Say no to any new restrictions on abortion.
In January, five rightwing Supreme Court Justices gave the biggest corporations – even foreign corporations – a new Constitutional “right” to buy our elections, even our President. Those five activist Justices were dead wrong. And according to the Washington Post, 80% of Americans disagree. Congress must pass strict new laws immediately to limit the catastrophic damage that could result from unlimited corporate election spending this November. Please watch this TV ad, sign the petition, and tell all your friends.
Then take action with the Petition Site.
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) like mercury are uniquely dangerous chemicals. They're highly toxic, even at very low levels of exposure, and they've been linked to a wide range of serious human health problems, including infertility, early onset of puberty, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, and certain cancers. Without federal legislation, highly toxic chemicals will continue to build up in our bodies, and in our babies. That's why MomsRising is a founding member of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Campaign. This important campaign is working to reform the 34 year old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) so that new chemicals must be proven safe for kids and adults (including pregnant women!) before they go on the market, and dangerous chemicals that are already on the market are phased-out of use where appropriate. Tell Congress to include protecting our families from PBT's when they reform the Toxic Substances Control Act!
The Washington Post reported that the Obama administration is on the verge of deciding to prosecute the 9/11 suspects in military commissions—a stunning reversal of its earlier decision to try them in federal criminal courts. This reversal would deal a death-blow to the principled decision-making of President Obama's own Justice Department.
Fear-mongering politicians are putting considerable pressure on the administration to use the ineffective military commissions. That's why we need every American who believes in justice and due process to take action right away. Urge President Obama to stand by his attorney general's principled decision and reject a return to Bush-era military commissions.
Then tell your members of Congress that you won't stop fighting until Patriot Act abuses end.
The global measles mortality rate has dropped an incredible 78 percent in the last decade -- a huge step toward reaching the United Nations' goal of a 90 percent reduction by 2010. Help keep the pressure up to eliminate measles. Voice your support for the World Health Organization's efforts to reduce measles deaths around the world.
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