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Unlike the majority of American women, President-elect
Bush opposes safe, legal abortion access. During his term,
he will have the ability to appoint anti-Choice officials
to key government positions, and to nominate 3-4 anti-Choice
Supreme Court justices. With an anti-Choice majority
in both houses of Congress, it is more important than
ever to let the US government know that Americans will not
allow Roe v. Wade to be overturned...
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Since 1973, the right to safe, legal, and accessible abortion
for all women has been attacked by the anti-choice right
wing and systematically eroded. Currently, though Roe
v. Wade constitutionally protects a woman's right to choose,
many women face prohibitive obstacles preventing full access
to abortion to safe, legal, and accessible abortion services...
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Abortion remains illegal in 76 countries around the
world (IPPF, UNFPA). Each year, at least 78,000 women die
from the complications of unsafe abortions. Comparatively,
the total number of U.S. soldiers that died during the entirety
of the Vietnam War is 50,000...
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Last year, one in five clinics experienced some form of
severe violence, including arsons, bombings, blockades,
invasions, death threats, stalking, and murder. Abortion providers,
fearing for their lives, frequently must work behind bullet
proof glass, metal detectors, and bullet proof vests...
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Birmingham clinic after bombing
by anti-abortion terrorists.
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