My petition is on women's rights. I am titled at work as a receptionist but I do so much more than that. This year I got a 32 cents raise. I need to take care of my family and I do not make enough and I struggle so much to make ends meet.

I was a victim of a shooting. It was my husband, who just turned into this person I didnt know. I did everything I could to keep my family safe. Protective order, left our home sfr. I was treated like the criminal. After two breakins and contant harrassment, and without any protection he broke into my house. I was shot twice and taken hostage for 6hrs before he was shot and killed. My life is totally changed . I have medical problems and forced into poverty where I have lost everything. Society has a way of covering this up. I think its time WE take a stand and break the silence. We HAVE the right to be treated with RESPECT AND DIGNITY. NOT humiliated. Step up and step out. Without being afraid.

I was a victim of a shooting. It was my husband, who just turned into this person I didnt know. I did everything I could to keep my family safe. Protective order, left our home sfr. I was treated like the criminal. After two breakins and contant harrassment, and without any protection he broke into my house. I was shot twice and taken hostage for 6hrs before he was shot and killed. My life is totally changed . I have medical problems and forced into poverty where I have lost everything. Society has a way of covering this up. I think its time WE take a stand and break the silence. We HAVE the right to be treated with RESPECT AND DIGNITY. NOT humiliated. Step up and step out. Without being afraid.

Give Female Veterans the equal benefits that their male counter parts get. While Male may get 100% benefits, Female get 40-60% for the same benefit. They should get the same benefits. And they shouldn't have to jumps through hoops to get it.

It has come to the attention of the people of North Dakota that in 2007 Representative Rick Berg voted in favor of North Dakota House Bill 1489 which would have imposed severe legal penalties, including life in prison without the possibility of parole, on doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and all others who in any way "assist, aid, abet, solicit, or incite" a woman in the obtaining of an abortion. There is no exception made if the pregnancy to be terminated is the result of rape or incest. Even if the life of the woman is in danger, the law would mandate that a physician must make every effort to save the life of both mother and child. It is time for you to repudiate your support for this sort of legislation. Abortion is a medical procedure and as such must be decided by a woman in consultation with her health care professionals. No part of that process should be criminalized. Not in North Dakota. Not anywhere. I urge you to clearly state your opposition to measures which seek to criminalize abortions for any woman.

I have friends who are single parents and they need the support

Many children are finding themselves in homes without the bare necessities due to the unfortunate situation of living in single parent homes where the absent parent is not providing any support to the child -- even when there are support orders in place. The states are inconsistent in granting and enforcing child support orders, as a result the children suffer, the custodial parent has to work multiple jobs or long hours and the absent parent escapes financial responsibility without any penalty. Women are disporportionately impacted since they typically are the primary care givers/custodial parent. The laws must be enacted empowering the federal government to take control of the child support enforcement so that we are all subject to the same criteria irrespective of the state in which the children or parents live.

A woman's body is her own to with what she wants to!

The congressional committee that shut all women out of the hearings about women's medical health was shocking and reprehensible. It should be illegal to legislate on women - and other types of people - without representation.

As a Cancer Survivor and a woman, I am concerned with negoations between Catholic Health Initiatives and UAMS. If UAMS is taken over by Catholic Health Initiatives it would mean that state employees jobs would be in jeopardy, it would mean lower pay, reduced or no pensions, longer hours, and less benefits including no contraceptives. It would mean that valuable stem cell research could be restricted or eliminated. It could mean that women's health could be negatively impact. This isn't competition in health care but attempt to create a monopoly by CHI.

Paul Ryan has long wanted to ban access to abortion even in the case of rape -- this is equivalent to being raped again. To take away a woman's control over the consequences of being raped reflects an extreme lack of compassion. Does this man have a heart?!

Thanks to legislation passed by anti-choice lawmakers and supported by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia is implementing burdensome and medically unnecessary Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers (TRAP). The Virginia Board of Health took a courageous stand to amend the regulations to allow women's health clinics to remain open. Ken Cuccinelli is trying to veto the Board of Health and shut down women's health clinics, limiting the continued availability of safe, legal, first-trimester abortion throughout the state. Virginia's women's health centers provide vital health care services like STD screenings, cancer screenings and family planning services, in addition to providing legal and safe abortions. Shutting down these clinics would restrict access to essential services, particularly for young, low-income, uninsured, and minority women. Tell the Board of Health to stand up to Ken Cuccinelli's bullying and protect women's health centers and women's access to comprehensive health care services.