---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:45:46 GMT From: NARAL Pro-Choice America <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Sondheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Take Action to Overturn Federal Refusal Clause TODAY!
Pro-choice champion Sen. Barbara Boxer needs your help to repeal a recently passed anti-choice law - the Federal Refusal Clause. Last year, anti-choice leaders inserted this serious restriction on the right to choose in the final hours of the session with a sneaky back-room maneuver.
Thanks to the leadership and commitment of Sen. Boxer, you have a chance to overturn the law. Please take action in support of Boxer's repeal today! Click here to take action today - http://prochoiceaction.org/campaign/sen_fedrefclause_042005/xeiuxu4a56wix7. We just learned that the Senate will have an up-or-down vote on the Federal Refusal Clause as soon as this Thursday, April 21.
The vote will be very close, so your action will make a difference.
What's At Stake: The Federal Refusal Clause is a stealth gag rule that lets HMOs, for-profit hospitals, and other health-care companies forbid their doctors from providing abortion services - or even information - to their patients. Doctors could be gagged from even referring women clients to another provider - even if the doctor thinks the patient's health is at risk.
We know you heard from us only days ago about other attempts by anti-choice leaders to take away a woman's right to choose, but the vote to repeal the Federal Refusal Clause could come as soon as this Thursday, April 21. We have a chance to overturn this dangerous restriction - so please take action today - click here http://prochoiceaction.org/campaign/sen_fedrefclause_042005/xeiuxu4a56wix7!
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Take Action to Overturn Federal Refusal Clause TODAY!
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----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME---- Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
As your constituent, I am writing to request your support for reversing the Federal Refusal Clause.
Slipped into the federal budget at the end of the 2004, this provision allows any health-care company (including hospitals, health-insurance corporations, and HMOs) to refuse to comply with any federal, state, or local law that assures women have access to abortion services. It lets a health-care company gag its doctors, and bar them from providing abortion services - or even information - to their patients. Doctors could even be blocked from referring women clients to another doctor under this proposal even when a woman's health is at risk.
Under the Federal Refusal Clause, many women may lose access to vital reproductive health services, and in some cases may not even be told what options are available to them. Congress has voted before to oppose gag rules, based on the principle that neither politicians nor big business should interfere with doctor-patient relationships. The Federal Refusal Clause should be treated no differently.
----END OF LETTER TO BE SENT----
Sincerely, Alan Sondheim
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