This week, hundreds rallied and many presented testimony in favor of protecting women's access to safe abortion care. The Texas House did not heed warnings about a return to back-alley abortions; indeed, one woman was abruptly ejected for noting that a member who is an ophthalmologist isn't specially qualified to dictate women's health care decisions. Texas lawmakers should do better than this. The nation is watching. Our state should demonstrate that it respects women's personal decisions and work to ensure women's health. Oppose SB1, the omnibus abortion restriction bill.

Fracking poisons water, one of California's most precious resources. It threatens people's health, the eco-system, and California's huge agricultural economy. The oil and gas industries with their political clout, more insidiously, also threaten our very democracy.

The health dangers of genetically modified organisms are becoming more apparent with each new independent study done and many other countries around the globe already mandate labeling of genetically modified food, some countries have banned them and more join the list each week. Protect our right to decide what we eat by requiring a label on GMO crops in our state as well. Please support the two bills already proposed and bring them up for a hearing this next session! Los peligros de salud por los organismos modificados genéticamente son cada vez más evidentes con cada nuevo estudio independiente hecho y muchos otros países alrededor del mundo ya tienen un mandato para etiquetar comida genéticamente modificada, algunos países han prohibido y más se unirán a la lista cada semana. Proteger el derecho de decidir lo que comemos al exigir una etiqueta en los cultivos de OGM en nuestro estado también. ¡Por favor apoye las dos cartas ya propuestas y llevarlos a una audiencia esta próxima sesión!

Prior geothermal activity in the Pohoiki area of the Island of Hawai`i has caused serious community harm, resulting in successful lawsuits by more than 100 residents. Hawaii Electric Light Company's present effort to contract for new geothermal development without considering the community's concerns is unreasonable and should be stopped. For further information please visit http://punapono.com/index.php/save

Genetic modification alters plant DNA by adding genes from other species to create crops with new and largely unknown effects on the environment and human health. Because of the uncertainties surrounding the safety of GMOs (genetically modified organisms), we feel that consumers should have a right to know whether or not their food has been genetically modified. Two bills, H.F. 463 and S.F. 194, were introduced in the Iowa legislature to label genetically modified (also known as genetically engineered) foods and seed. The legislation would require consumer labeling information for food, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions on genetically modified food and make Iowa a leader in open, transparent and honest labeling of foods in the U.S. This legislation is also a stepping stone to encourage standardized, national labeling. A recent scientific poll taken in Iowa indicated that 91.1% of people supported enacting a GMO labeling law, which is in line with national polls that regularly show that more than 90% of Americans want labeling of genetically engineered foods. Moreover, if you are included in the 91% of people in Iowa who support GMO labeling laws, we encourage you to sign the petition to stand strong for something you truly believe in! For more information on GMO labeling in Iowa, please visit: http://www.righttoknow-gmo.org/states/iowa, our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-GMO-Iowa/152036191553598 or email [email protected]

We ask Governor Kitzhaber to veto SB 154, because it would criminalize the initiative process by imposing felony liability on organizers of signature drives, if anyone working on the drive violates any election law or rule, however minor.

I would like to see this pass in Hawaii, as it has passed in Connecticut.

GMO food has not been proven safe. When spliced with pesticides to help it with stand weed killer how can it be safe. The growing population are having more and more health issues. Mostly due to the junk they are putting in our food and environmental pollution. Help stop the profit over health practices that Monsanto,DuPont and the FDA are waging against you. Sign the Petition today.

Every consumer should have the right to know what ingredients are in their food. We have a right to know which foods come with GMO's. What does a company who uses GMO's have to hide? If companies want to use GMO's let your consumers know!

We are not science experiments to Monsanto

The Republicans are doing it again – throwing up obstructions, roadblocks, and unacceptable delays. They are using the silent filibuster to quietly stymie progressive efforts to protect workers, regulate Wall Street excesses, and rein in big polluters. We’re talking about the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the EPA, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and all five members of the National Labor Relations Board. See a pattern? These are people whose job it will be to ensure that the big and the powerful are held accountable. It’s outrageous. And I’m blowing the whistle on this unacceptable tactic. Will you join me?

Virginians have the Right To Know what we are putting in our bodies.Monsanto's GMO foods have been Proven to be unhealthy for people to consume.