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Unite Against the War on Women

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New Group Poised to Challenge “War on Women”
• Virginia legislators recently tried to enact an invasive, mandatory “trans-vaginal ultrasound” measure for women seeking abortions.
• In Mississippi, lawmakers took a cue from Virginia and are now pushing the same type of regressive, restrictive legislation.
• Texas Governor, Rick Perry, has decided to deny funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers under the Texas Women’s Health Program.
• Some presidential candidates want to end Medicaid funding and turn it into state-by-state bloc grants.
• Personhood legislation and amendments are being actively pushed through state legislatures in attempts to criminalize contraception and family planning.
• State laws regarding voter registration designed to suppress voter turnout especially among poor women, seniors and minorities are already in place and spreading.

A new and growing movement called Unite Against The War On Women is poised to push back on measures like this, with protest marches and rallies across the country on Saturday, April 28.

Join us - Saturday, April 28th as we say NO WAY/NO HOW to these attempts to dictate our personal decisions, our bodies, our health choices, and our families.

The newly-minted organization has garnered almost 20,000 members nationally in less than two weeks in the wake of of Virginia’s “trans-vaginal ultrasound” bill and other pending legislation.

JOIN US - SHARE - PASS THE WORD - WE WILL NOT BE SILENT

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Questions? send an email to unitewomenconnecticut@gmail.com    or    ctFreeRadicals@gmail.com  
sign up at WeAreWomenMarch.net

A Day at the Races - Donovan HQ

Overflow crowds, a fresh pizza wagon, lapel stickers, and a rousing speech: That's the Real Start to any campaign, and Chris Donovan achieved all that in one under-air-conditioned suite of rooms in Downtown Meriden late Friday afternoon.

Although I am not generally a fan of speeches, Donovan always is a pleasant surprise. He combines the fervor of a street organizer with the homespun charm of an Irish American story teller.

The Theme for the Donovan campaign for 5th Congressional District seems to be: Fight for Families.

Able to recite an impressive list of legislative accomplishments, Donovan interrupts himself to tell a family story that seems both truthful and suddenly remembered.  He gives credit to others (Shocking Technique! What's up with that?), speaking about alliances with the Sierra Club, the Working Families Party, Common Cause, and Love Makes a Family.

As a state rep, as speaker of the house, as a citizen, Chris Donovan insists that "Government is People" - a direct rebuttal to another politician's recent assertion that Corporations are People. I came away from this event convinced that we can actually achieve change - for the better - by working together for one another.


the people / have the power
to redeem / the work of fools
upon the meek / the graces shower
it's decreed / the people rule

Of course you can donate to Chris Donovan for Congress by clicking HERE, or find out more grit and bio HERE.  If you are interested in meeting Chris Donovan at a private house event this month in Milford, email me at ctfreeradicals@gmail.com and I will send you details.  It will be a fundraiser.  I swear.