Birth-control pills can only be obtained with a doctor's prescription even though it is one of the best studied and safest drugs available on the market. Oral contraceptives in the United States meet the criteria of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter substances. Making birth control pills available over the counter increases the number of women who have access to contraception, reduces the amount of unwanted pregnancies and abortions and saves women the hassle of trying to receive a prescription. The issue of whether birth control pills should be available over the counter isn’t an issue that should be backed up by a group’s personal beliefs, but rather, by the countless research that shows its undisputable widespread benefits for society. Research conducted by scientists over the past 50 years since the pill was introduced, proves that birth control pills are one of the safest and most effective drugs available on the market, yet ironically it requires a woman to spend large quantities of money visiting a doctor to receive a prescription. Countries like Mexico have allowed birth control pills to be sold over the counter and as a consequence less teenagers are getting pregnant and having abortions, more women, especially those from low income are using it more often. For a country that is so obsessed with equality among the sexes, it is alarming that women are still impeded from receiving one of the most basic needs for their health, and that is access to contraceptive pills.

Seven Oaks Subdivision is positioned on the preliminary map to be rezoned from SCHS to SHS. If this was to go through as is, our students will be the ONLY students in the entire county being shifted into a school that is ALREADY over crowded and supporting 9 classrooms in portables. Since this OBVIOUSLY does not align with the purpose of rezoning and does NOT make sense no matter how you slice it, we have got to make sure we are heard. Please sign this petition and show them we are one unified community in this decision. Thank you,

Global warming and climate change are happening. Many different factors contribute to this, but there is one factor that can potentially decrease the rate at which climate change is happening. Only 34% of Americans recycle; all of the other waste gets dumped into landfills. Plastic is a recyclable material, but it far too often ends up in landfills. Plastic contains toxic chemicals which seep into the groundwater under landfills. Plastic also kills marine life. Recycling needs to be made mandatory so issues like this do not persist.

Our family owned business will be out of business if these bills are passed.

The cap is unfair. People earning more than the cap should pay Social Security on all their wages. If employers pay high salaries, they can afford to pay the increased match. Ending the cap, which benefits less than 10% of wage earners, will protect Social Security.

As a daughter of Holocaust survivors, I feel a strong obligation to speak out against genocide wherever and to whomever it occurs.

Republicans in Wisconsin lost the gubernatorial election. Their solution? Go behind our backs to rewrite the rules of our democracy. When voters took to the polls this fall and elected a new governor -- who promised to serve as a check on the extremist GOP legislature -- these politicians should have gotten the message. But instead, they’ve called a last-minute special session (with almost no public notice or constituent input) -- and are planning to rig the laws in their favor. They’re rushing a package through the legislature that would limit the new governor's powers and restrict early voting -- all in an effort to subvert the will of We the People. We’ve seen this before in states like North Carolina, and the message is always the same: “If we can’t win in a democracy, we’ll break democracy to get our way.” We must fight back -- right here, right now, before their plan goes any further. Add your name to demand that all state legislators in Wisconsin stand up for voters -- and vote against this hyper-partisan assault on democracy.

Seems Move On has no issue with ones about Hillary, & you can even sign one go out her on trial. This is merely fair play.

Friends is probably the most watched show on Netflix and deserves respect. Please take a moment of time to sign this petition to keep this great show on Netflix!! I have watched this show over and over and am not ready to part ways!!

The cruelty is breathtaking. Our country has the capacity and policies in place to process asylum seeking families in a humane manner. Instead, the Trump administration is asking Congress for more money so that they can implement increasingly cruel practices to target immigrants both inside the U.S. and at our border. Nearly 45,000 people per day are held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - an unprecedented high that is resulting in spending levels above what Congress appropriated in FY18. Additionally, the wall is not just a hateful symbol of exclusion, it would kill wildlife by interfering with migration patterns and with their access to food and water; cause dangerous flooding; cause millions of dollars in damages to the environment and local businesses; endanger the lives of border residents; and stomp on the rights of private landowners resulting in a large government land grab that strips private landowners of their lands. America's families do not want our tax dollars, that could be used to improve our schools, childcare, and health care, being used to carry out the anti-immigrant policies of the Trump administration. Congress must reduce immigration detention funding, exert oversight over detention practices, and direct the administration to restore less costly, more efficient, and humane community-based alternatives to detention. Tell the U.S. Congress to stand up against these cruel practices and to hold the Trump administration accountable by not financing the administration’s cruelty to immigrant families!

Wayzaro Walton came to Hartford, CT with her family in 1987, when she was 3 years old. Hartford is her home. She doesn’t remember any other place. She went to school at Rawson, at Dr. Martin Luther King, at Quirk Middle, at New Britain High School and Weaver High School. She went to Camp Courant every summer, starting when she was 5 until she was too old. She now works as a chef at a hotel, making breakfast for guests. Wayzaro lives here with her wife Tamika and 15-year-old daughter Azaiyah. They are the reasons she must not leave. In 2011, ICE agents arrested Wayzaro during community service at Hartford Community Court on Washington Street. If her suspended sentence had been one day shorter (364 days instead of 365) none of what followed would have happened. She would not have worn a monitor from 2011 to 2015. An ICE agent would not have confiscated her permanent residency card and her other ID papers. She would not have been required to check in regularly, and endure regular house visits. She would not have been referred to ICE during her check-in last month, when, with no explanation and despite no change in her situation, she got another ankle monitor and was ordered to get a one-way plane ticket to London for December 14. That’s next week. Wayzaro qualifies for a “victim" Visa, and for a petition for permanent residency, because of her marriage to Tamika. Those processes take time. She needs to stay. Her family needs her here. Her community needs her here. We need her here. Stand with Wayzaro and her family and stop this cruel family separation at the hands of the Department of Homeland Security. Tell ICE- STOP SEPARATING FAMILIES! Enough is enough! Hartford Deportation Defense Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance - CIRA New Sanctuary CT Unidad Latina en Acción

Across the nation, states are taking action to create increasingly independent commissions that remove partisan considerations and politics from their redistricting processes. They are doing so because they understand that independent commissions lead to more competitive districts, which are ultimately healthy for the functioning of our democracy. In an inexplicable move, New Jersey is poised to reverse course, and instead, increase the exact measures that experts agree lead to greater gerrymandering. SCR45/ ACR60 would change the NJ Constitution so that: 8 of the 13 members would be directly appointed by Senate and Assembly legislative leadership, and no less than 4 MUST be legislators themselves. This could result in upwards of 12 out of 13 committee members tasked with drawing legislative districts being either beholden to or actual legislators themselves! Ties the hands of the independent, non-partisan, court appointed tie-breaker, relegating their role to no more than a checklist prefect. Establishes and mandates the precedence of a mathematical model, that while seemingly fair on paper, is not rigorous enough to prevent unjust manipulation of the formula by parties with vested interest. We stand united in the belief that SCR43/ ACR60 are un-American and destructive to our democracy. We demand legislators reject this proposal, and protect the integrity of our elections.