FYI and if you please, action.

Mary Anne

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> Once again, President Bush blocks aid to the world's women
> Yesterday, President Bush used a loophole in the 2008 Foreign Operations
> Appropriations bill to withhold all $ 40 million that Congress allocated to
> UNFPA, the largest international source of assistance for women. This is the
> seventh consecutive year he has blocked these funds, bringing the total
> amount of United States support withheld during the Bush Administration to $
> 235 million.
> For one more year, the U.S. will not be part of global efforts to save the
> lives of 536,000 women who die in pregnancy and childbirth, or to provide
> contraception to the more than 200 million women who want it but do not have
> access to it, or to repair the lives of 2 million women living with
> debilitating fistulas.
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> We need both Parties to Act
> Demand that your party stand up for global women's health and dignity:
> 1. If you are a Republican, Write a letter to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan <
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> As sad and destructive as this decision was, it does not come as a
> surprise. President Bush has made it clear that UNFPA is an organization
> that he will never support. Fortunately, by the time the 2009 funds are set
> to be released to UNFPA, we will have a new President of the United States.
> We must take this moment to educate the NEXT President on the need to
> support the women of the world.
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> Please take a moment to write a letter to the chairman of your political
> party. Ask him to put global women's health in the party's platform this
> year. We have provided some pre-written facts you can use to help you frame
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> It's time for our leaders to show the political will to save women's lives.
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