Posts Tagged ‘Shaheen Amendment’
Tell Concerned Women for America That There is no “Cure-All” for Rape
This week, while we were busy trying to get military insurance coverage for raped servicewomen, the anti-abortion group Concerned Women for America (CWA), showed us that they aren’t really that concerned about women at all. In a letter to the Senate opposing the Shaheen amendment, CWA said the amendment would be giving “abortion as a…
Read MoreStanding up for Raped Servicewomen
This week, we asked you to urge your senators to support the Shaheen amendment. This amendment would have lifted the ban on military insurance coverage for abortion care in cases where servicewomen become pregnant as the result of rape or incest. Thank you for taking action! Unfortunately, anti-choice legislators blocked the Shaheen amendment from coming…
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