Women's Issues Are Society's Issues

Raising awareness about issues involving women, with a special focus on the media, pop culture, & politics. Injustices against women are systematically maintained in male-dominated societies. Women & men can be feminists by supporting women's equality. "Women's rights are human rights" - Hillary Clinton (Visit me on Twitter at @womenaresociety.)




Join the Trust Women Online March

On Friday, the president took a huge step forward for women’s health, finally requiring insurance companies to treat women equally by covering contraception costs.1

But believe it or not, Republican presidential candidates and legislators are fighting against that basic healthcare need, as well as supporting extreme restrictions on reproductive care.2 And because this is an election year, women’s health and reproductive justice are in the spotlight.

That’s why we’re joining over 50 organizations in the Trust Women online march. Millions of women and men across the country support comprehensive healthcare for women and reproductive freedom.3 This online march is a way for us to stand in solidarity, show our numbers, and send a strong message to elected officials that we’re watching and we vote.

Click here to join the march and send your message.

We’ll deliver your message, along with those of all the other marchers, to Congress and other elected officials to make a difference for women’s health and reproductive justice at the national and state level.
Now is the time to speak out. Over 86% of counties do not have an abortion service provider, funding for women’s health care is increasingly restricted, and several states are seeking to pass “personhood” statutes which would criminalize abortion and even miscarriage.4 
When you join the online march, you’ll be able to see messages from people marching around the country, and choose your own message to send in support of comprehensive women’s health care. 
Join the Trust Women online march now. 

Sources:
1. “White House stands firm in birth control battle,” The Washington Post, January 20, 2012 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=269686&id=34979-18613885-pNICJIx&t=4
2. “Conversation over abortion continues 39 years later,” The Washington Post, January 12, 2012 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=269687&id=34979-18613885-pNICJIx&t=5
3. “Abortion and birth control,” Polling Report, accessed January 22, 2012
http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm
4. “Facts on induced abortion in the United States,” The Guttmacher Institute, August 2011 
https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html
“State Releases Reduced List of Women’s Health Clinics,” The Texas Tribune, January 17, 2012 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=269688&id=34979-18613885-pNICJIx&t=6
“House bans funds for Planned Parenthood,” The Concord Monitor, January 19, 2012 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=269693&id=34979-18613885-pNICJIx&t=7
“Ohio Senate to again hear ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban,” Deseret News, January 18, 2012 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=269690&id=34979-18613885-pNICJIx&t=8
“Kansas House to Introduce ‘Personhood’ Amendment After Passing Anti-Abortion Regulations,” International Business Times, January 17, 2012 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=269691&id=34979-18613885-pNICJIx&t=9

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