I live in Kansas. 'Nuff said? Kochback, I mean Gov. Sam Brownback has implemented some of the most repressive laws related to women and the LGBT community in the nation. Doctors can withhold information if it might lead to the termination of a pregnancy. Pharmacists can refuse to fill prescriptions if it goes against their conscience. And last but not least, employers and landlords can now discriminate, openly, against members of the LGBT community. They can fire, and they can refuse to rent properties, and those discriminated against have no legal recourse.

we as people of the united states need to stop with the grass is greener on the other side take a look is it. we need to help the president stay in office because we look at what the other party is saying and thinks it sounds good. but in all reality its not . we all have elderly parents and we will be in their shoes one day so lets get it right now and stick with the president so we can make the slogan say yes we did instead fo yes we can. stand for something and not fall for nothing. go president obama

We were caught by surprise when we learned that "Super-Anti Abortion" bills from the Michigan House of Representatives were being fast tracked through a committee hearing and to voting on the floor. In just one week, House Bills 5711 - 5713 were approved by a committee that refused to hear testimony against the bills and made it to the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives. The day that these bills were supposed to be voted on, Michigan women flooded their capital and made their voices heard. The impact was strong enough for the legislators to slate voting for another day. Two days later, HB 5711 was voted in. During this voting session, two representatives spoke out against the bill and found themselves prohibited from speaking during the next session, even on topics not pertaining to abortion or women's rights. This silenced not only these representatives, but also their constituents. The women of Michigan will not be silent, despite the attempts of the bills' supporters to shut down dissenters. They spoke out again at the capital steps Monday, June 18 by hosting Eve Ensler and Michigan representatives that voted against these bills in a short notice, but heavily attended, rendition of the Vagina Monologues. These bills are only the most recent of state government attacks on women's health and reproductive rights. They have been called the most restrictive anti-abortion bills yet, and they would effectively shut down the vast majority of abortion clinics in the state. At each step, those that disagree with this set of bills have been silenced and ignored, but they are still shouting to make their voices heard. Please join us in telling the Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, and the Michigan Senate that attempting to silence the voices against these bills is undemocratic.

I think we all can agree that Dolores Huerta, the UFW’s co-founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation is an exemplary role-model of a good American. Dolores has spent her life sacrificing to advocate for workers, immigrants, and women’s rights. She has a fierce determination to help the impoverished and make the world a better place. She has received numerous awards for her courageous community service and fittingly enough on May 29th President Obama awarded her the highest civilian honor in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It was a very proud moment for all who believe in the power of nonviolent social change. However, nationally syndicated talk show host Rush Limbaugh showed his true colors by using this award as an excuse to go on the attack against women—again—by disparaging Dolores receiving it. On Russ’ May 30th Show he said, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is now being rendered meaningless. It’s just a political award. That’s all it is. It’s been politicized. It’s another great tradition, institution down the tubes. " Not only that but he insultingly said, "As a young adult, Huerta taught school—though she never had an education degree—until 1955, when, as a single mother of seven children—she now has eleven—she launched her career as a political activist. " How typical of Rush. Scorning Dolores for being a single mother instead of recognizing that this amazing—and college educated woman—raised a remarkable family (Dolores’ children include a doctor, lawyer, teacher, chef, artist, executive director, etc) while pursuing a fierce determination to help people. Please help us teach Rush Limbaugh that disparaging women is not the status quo-a lesson he should have learned back in March from the backlash he’s faced for branding law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute,” and more recently in his personal attack on journalist Tracie McMillan’s while commenting on her book on the food industry when he referred to her as an “authorette.” Angie’s List—a popular source for information about local businesses—is a sponsor for the Rush Limbaugh show. Not only that, they pay for Rush to personally voice them over the air. E-mail them today and tell them that this is not acceptable. They should not be advertising on a show that disparages women. Please send your e-mail today by clicking on the green "participate" button to the top right. It will take you just minutes to help, but that help can have an enormous impact.

Migrant workers are at risk.

The Vatican has accused the Sisters in the U.S of not speaking out loudly enough on certain issues, and has given 3 bishops authority over their leadership for five years. If the Sisters do not cooperate, they will be disbanded. This attack has been aimed at the Sisters who faithfully staff our schools and hospitals and charities and parish programs and prison ministries, homeless shelters and so much more. They live simply, sharing their meager salaries with their elderly and infirm members. Catholics and non-Catholics alike love and respect these religious women and need them as faithful examples of how to follow the Gospel message of Jesus. They show us what it means to love God and love our neighbor. Truly, they are Sisters to us and we need them. Our love and respect and appreciation for these Sisters compel us to speak out to support them in their time of trial.

All new working moms deserve quality time with their infant without worrying about bills and job security. It's time for American moms to be treated with dignity and respect.

As a mother I deserve to right to protect my child in what ever way necessary, even if I have to protect my child from his own father. My child's father is an illegal person in this country. He abused me while pregnant and now id trying to take my child away from me. The courts need to have better judgement of which fathers they allow to stay in a child's and which ones need to be removed. If a mother is going to court and asking that the father be taken out of the child's life its for a reason. Not out of spite. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix this. Mothers should never be terrified that hey may lose their child to their abuser.

Honor Abused Mother for Her Contribution to Domestic Violence. There are thousands of Battered Women-Mothers Incarcerated Across America for Defending Their Own Lives and the Lives of Their Unborn and Live Children from A Domestic Partner Abuse. From Behind Prison Walls Debbie Did Not Give Up Her Plea to Return Home to Her Daughter and Family for A Wrongful Incarceration of Attempting to Save Their Lives! Let Debbie's Life Story Compell Our Leaders of the Free World to Allow A Battered Mother to Have the Right to Defend Her Own LIfe, Children, and Family! Clear Out the USA Justice Department & Prison's Across America. Accountability for Judges, Proescutors, and Defense Attoneys and Parole Boards, and Governors of Each State Who Ignore or Because of The Lack of Understanding of The Battered Woman's Defense & The No Stalking Law & Abortion Laws Are Causing Wrongful & Severe Sentencing for Abused Mothers Across America! Self Defense Should Not Be A Crime!

Female veterans thats returning from war and are homeless has no facility to house them in Louisville Kentucky. Veterans Administration Hospital is overloaded with these females and cannot send them to shelters, because most of them do not have alcohol or drug addictions. We need to support these females, because after all they served our country too.

We need to create a constitutional amendment that guarantees a women’s right to an unrestricted first trimester abortion. We need an amendment to the constitution that prevents Roe V. Wade from ever being overturned. This amendment must prevent a group’s ideology, a person’s personal beliefs, or the government from dictating what a woman should do with her body. The 1973 Supreme Court decision of Roe V. Wade allowed women to get safe, legal abortions from well-trained doctors. But after this law was passed people against legal abortion began working on a way to prevent any funding for abortion. In recent years many against legalized abortion have cut off federal and state funding to Planned Parenthood and other clinics that allow women to terminate their pregnancies. Denying a woman the right to end her pregnancy in the first trimester should be unconstitutional. We need to create an amendment to secure the right to a first trimester abortion, it just hasn’t been written yet. This is where you come in: by signing this petition we can make this amendment a reality.

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