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Cheryle Robinson Jackson takes on Stupak/Pitts Amendment

By Emily on 11/20/2009 @ 01:16 PM

Tags: Cheryle Robinson Jackson, IL-Sen, US Senate, Reproductive Rights, Stupak-Pitts Amendment

Cheryle Robinson Jackson, our candidate in the IL-Senate race, took a strong stand against the Stupak/Pitts Amendment today. In an email to supporters about her reactions to the House and Senate versions of the bill, she called the amendment "an insidious way to take us back to the dark ages."

"The Stupak-Pitts amendment to the House bill that passed would deny millions of women access to safe, affordable reproductive health care and would especially hurt lower income women. It would even prohibit women from using their own private money for such coverage. Just yesterday, the George Washington University released a study that found that this amendment would end up eliminating ALL abortion coverage eventually – for ALL women."

Cheryle is certainly a leader in the fight to protect reproductive rights -- and with those rights currently under attack, it's clear we need women leaders like Cheryle joining the ranks of our pro-choice Democratic women in Congress.

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