I'm sure you heard that Judge Samuel Alito, Jr is against abortion. Did you know that he is against birth control? He believes that IUDs and birth control pills are abortifacients. So on these counts he is against women and families. He has voted against the Family and Medical Leave Act, and written that he believes the law is contrary to the 14th amendment. He has voted to make it harder for a jury to hear Sexual Discrimination and Sexual Harassment cases, which leaves them up to a single person, the judge. These ideas make things harder again for women and also for their families.
I have already heard about the chilling effect that Roberts has had on the Supreme Court from some that had testified in late 2005. That person said that the focus under Roberts moved from being concerned about each person to an attitude of "if it’s only a few women
Alito will be no better. I have read repeatedly that he votes for corporations and the government and clearly against individuals.
Right NOW, Judge Alito is being held in check by other members of the Third Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. If he is confirmed as the 9th member of the Supreme Court, there is no one to keep him in check.
Please contact your senators with your concerns about Alito being the wrong choice for women and families.
Honk to Save Roe!
Date: Sunday, Jan 22, 2006
Time: 10am for sign making, 11 to go to sites
Place: Planned Parenthood at 100 S. Boylan Ave
RSVP: gailya@nc.rr.com, 539-7702
........................................ Get Enraged and Engaged!.......................................
........................The fight for reproductive freedom didn’t end in 1973........................
............................Join us for the 33rd Anniversary of Roe v Wade............................
....................................... Find out what’s at risk now........................................
Featuring: Susan Hill, President of National Women’s Health Organization, with 6 clinics nationwide, including including the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. Lead activist in reproductive rights movement since Roe v Wade.
Date: Sunday, January 22nd
Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
RSVP: Raleigh NOW at 919-539-7702 or gailya@nc.rr.com
Sponsored by:
Raleigh NOW (National Organization for Women), NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, and Planned Parenthood Health Systems.
From the comfort of your own home:
Take action at http://www.now.org/lists/now-action-list/msg00219.html
Add your name to NOW's list, as NOW has joined a coalition of organizations to gather one million signatures to be delivered to Senator Specter by January 6. Activists from our Philadelphia chapter will be delivering these petitions personally to the Senator.
On the streets, etc!
Sunday, Jan 8 - Honk to Defeat Alito
Meet and make posters at 10am at the NC NOW office.
Go to protest sites 11:15. Call to skip poster making and meet us at sites.
Monday, Jan 9 to Wednesday, Jan 11 - Just Ask For Justice
Phone bank to help sister states with Alito. One site in Raleigh and one in Chapel Hill. Call 539-7702 to help and for more information.
Wednesday, Jan 18, NC NOW's Signature Ad supporting Roe comes out in the Independent.
The ad gets passed to all NC legislators so it makes a great pro-choice statement on behalf
of all of us. (Sign up as individuals, not as organizations).
Sunday, Jan 22, 10am - Honk to Save Women's Rights
Meet at Planned Parenthood in Raleigh.
Go to protest sites at 11:15. Call 539-7702 to skip poster making
and meet us at sites.
Sunday, Jan 22, 7-9 p.m. Get Enraged and Engaged
The fight for reproductive freedom didn't end in 1973.
Find out what's at risk NOW.
Call 539-7702 for more information and details.