The White House tried as hard as it could to denigrate the March for Women's Lives. Dick Cheney's top advisor, Mary Matalin, said it was "Out of touch and irrelevant." President Bush's closest confidante, Karen Hughes, compared pro-choice Americans to terrorists. When asked by CNN about the March, she responded: "I think that after September 11, the American people are valuing life more and we need policies to value the dignity and worth of every life....Really, the fundamental issue between us and the terror network we fight is that we value every life."
But even George Bush can't ignore it when 1.15 million pro-choice Americans walk past his front yard. Yesterday, he had his Justice Department withdraw its outrageous demand that thousands of women who'd had abortions turn over their private medical records for John Ashcroft's perusal. Everyone who marched, or sent a message to the marchers, or contributed to help make it happen should feel enormously proud. You helped stop Bush and Ashcroft! Now, it's time to turn the pressure up another notch. They've retreated on one front, but they're still pressing forward with the rest of their anti-choice agenda. That's why we need you to take these two important steps today:
1] First, sign up to be one of the first of the 250,000 pro-choice precinct captains we need to recruit this year, to work online and in your community to keep spreading the word about how to protect our right to choose - click here: http://prochoiceaction.org/campaign/pcpc_count_me_in/b7e33uraje36wm
2] Second, make a special donation today to keep the pro-choice momentum alive click here: https://secure.ga3.org/02/doj_subpeona_lifted/nh1qUhrF1Uj8K
The March has already brought us one important victory, the withdrawal of the intrusive subpoena for abortion records. If we keep our movement growing and active, we can keep government out of our private decisions for the next generation. We think Karen Hughes' comments are pretty outrageous. For a touch of humor, see how Jon Stewart summed it up. Click here to hear audio clips at Americablog: http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/i1qUhrF1dBRb/
Message From ACT FOR CHANGE - President Bush: Don't Destroy Iraq in Order to Liberate It
Heavy fighting has begun again in Fallujah and the Shiite holy city of Najaf. The fighting is likely to be so brutal that we will destroy the cities in order to save them. And it seems certain that hundreds of American soldiers will die and thousands of Iraqis -- both insurgents and civilian bystanders -- will die uncounted. Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. Special Envoy to Iraq, is hard at work attempting to piece together a coalition government that can take sovereignty from the United States. He has argued that this is not possible if American troops go on the offensive again. There must be a political solution, and the negotiations now under way must be given sufficient time to succeed. Click here to take action! http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/eYo70FFlNw0Kt50mN20A7
The attacks on Najaf and Fallujah will serve no one except the most extreme elements, cost lives unnecessarily, and work against the Bush Administration's stated goal of transferring power to an interim government on June 30th. Click below to tell President Bush to stand down the troops and leave Iraq's holy sites and mosques alone. http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/eYo70FFlNw0Kt50mN20A7
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