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Mikulski decries Nelson amendment as "insulting, humiliating"

By Emily on 12/08/2009 @ 12:45 PM

Tags: Stop Stupak, Stupak-Pitts Amendment, Women's Rights, US Senate, Barbara Mikulski

We've heard from plenty of women who are fired up about the Stupak and Nelson amendments in the House and Senate that would deny millions of women access to safe, affordable reproductive care. And, more than anything, women seem eager to have their voices heard on an issue that's so personal.

Fortunately, we have women like Senator Barbara Mikulski (MD), the first woman EMILY's List helped elect to the Senate, making sure women's voices are heard loud and clear on the issue of reproductive rights.

Barbara took the floor yesterday and gave a rousing speech that expressed exactly how outrageous -- and insulting -- the proposed new restrictions on women's rights are.

There are so many good points in Barbara's speech, it's tough to choose which pieces to highlight. Here are a few gems you won't want to miss:

  • Calling health care reform "the most importance social justice vote that we will cast this decade," she said reform will end the discriminatory practices in which women "pay more and get less in our benefit package, and also where simply being a woman is often treated as a preexisting condition."
  • Barbara called the Nelson amendment "unneeded" and "uncalled for," noting that it "goes further than" previous federal legislation to restrict abortion access.
  • Barbara also spoke out against the terminology surrounding the anti-choice amendment, calling the current heath care bill "pro-life." "Most of all, if you want people to have healthy pregnancies, healthy childbirth, and healthy babies, they need access to health care. So that's why I say that voting for universal access to health care is as pro-life as you can be."

Watch a clip here:

Learn more about how other EMILY's List women in the Senate are speaking out against the Nelson amendment.

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