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<P>Dear Juli,<BR><BR>There was good news, bad news and some more bad
news today in the battle to protect women's fundamental right to
make decisions about their own bodies. <BR><BR><STRONG>The good news
first ...</STRONG> The South Dakota legislature roundly defeated the
"justifiable homicide" bill, which conceivably could have made the
murder of reproductive health care providers legally defensible on
the grounds that the act could have been considered "defense" of a
fetus. Tens of thousands of PFAW activists across the country spoke
out against that shocking piece of anti-choice fanaticism and,
thankfully, most South Dakota lawmakers saw just how dangerous the
bill was. <BR><BR><STRONG>Now, some bad news from South Dakota
...</STRONG> It looks like part of the motivation behind the extreme
"justifiable homicide" bill was to pave the way for another attack
on choice that the Right hopes will appear reasonable in comparison.
A new South Dakota bill, this one widely expected to pass, would
require a woman seeking an abortion to first visit a religious
"crisis pregnancy center" for counseling and to prove that her
decision was not made under coercion. <BR><BR>The South Dakota
legislature has twice tried to pass a statewide ban on abortion but
citizens overwhelmingly voted down the ban by ballot initiative in
2006 and 2008. "They seem to be taking an end run around that," said
State Sen. Angie Buhl, a member of PFAW Foundation's Young Elected
Officials Network and a leader in the fight to protect reproductive
freedom in South Dakota. "They recognize that people don't want a
ban, so they are trying to seek a de facto ban by making it
essentially impossible to access abortion services." <BR><BR>We are
working with Sen. Buhl and others to determine how we can
effectively help to stop the crisis center bill, but in the
meantime, please do what you can to raise awareness about this awful
legislation. And if you or anyone you know lives in South Dakota,
legislators need to hear from their constituents to OPPOSE HB1217.
The number to call for the South Dakota state legislature is (605)
773-3251. <BR><BR><STRONG>And now, some more bad news, this time
from our nation's capitol ...</STRONG> <BR><BR>Today in Washington,
House Republicans were able to pass an amendment by Rep. Mike Pence
that would eliminate all federal funding to Planned Parenthood
clinics. The amendment further reduced support for women's health
care in a spending resolution that, if passed, would also eliminate
all Title X family planning funds. Title X clinics provide
everything from annual exams and cancer screenings to contraceptive
services and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
<BR><BR>We need to pull out all the stops to defeat this right-wing
attack on choice and women's health in the Senate. <BR><BR><A title=http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=qZvP_zL_bo068b2H1ablIw.. href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=qZvP_zL_bo068b2H1ablIw..">If you
have not signed our petition in support of Planned Parenthood yet,
please do so now.</A> If you have, please help spread the word to
get more signers. <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR><BR>Diallo Brooks, Director of
Field and Mobilization <BR><BR>P.S. Attacks on Planned Parenthood
and draconian cuts to women's health services are proving a great
way for Republican politicians to ingratiate themselves to their
right-wing base. But as you can see in this 2008 chart from Planned
Parenthood showing percentages of the services their clinics
provide, it's not just a woman's fundamental right to make her own
choice on abortion that's being trampled.</P>
<P align=center><IMG border=0 alt="PPFA chart" src="http://site.pfaw.org/images/content/pagebuilder/15699.png"></P>
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