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From NARAL Pro-Choice America:

Join us on on December 2 to help stop the abortion-coverage ban!

The House version of the health-reform bill includes the Stupak-Pitts amendment that makes it virtually impossible for private insurance companies that participate in the new system to offer abortion coverage to women. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and other anti-choice politicians have threatened to introduce a similar amendment to the Senate bill.

We cannot let Sen. Hatch and his allies block women from purchasing—even with their own money—insurance that includes abortion coverage.

That’s why we’re teaming up with other pro-choice groups to hold an event and lobby day in Washington, D.C. on December 2. If you’re in the D.C. area, we hope you’ll join us! There are other events across the country as well.

Of course, many of us can’t go to an event in person. So we’re holding an online day of action and call-in day on December 2 that anyone can join. Here are easy ways you can participate:

• Write to your senators and tell them to to stop the abortion-coverage ban.
• Call your senators. Phone calls to Congress have an even greater impact than writing messages. It’s easy and takes less than five minutes! Just call (202) 224-3121 to be connected to your senator’s office. Tell the person who answers, “I’m calling to ask the senator to oppose a ban on insurance coverage for abortion in the new health-care system.” You’ll probably be asked for your zip code. That’s it!
• Donate to help us stop the abortion-coverage ban and protect choice at all levels.
• On December 2, update your Facebook or MySpace status to “Call your senators today at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to oppose the abortion-coverage ban! Please repost this as YOUR status.”
• On Twitter? Tweet to stop the abortion coverage ban and use the hashtag #StopStupak when you write about this issue. (And, of course, follow us if you don’t already!)
• Change your profile photo or icon on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or LiveJournal to one of the graphics below. You can also feel free to add any of these graphics to your blog, or anywhere else you can think of!

For more information, click here: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/take-action/hcr-day-of-action

From Planned Parenthood:

The health care reform bill that recently passed in the House of Representatives includes a ban on private health insurance coverage for abortion care for millions of women, and would also prohibit coverage in the public option, even for women who pay for most or even all of the cost of health insurance themselves. This proposal is a cruel betrayal of women, and we can’t let it be part of the final bill.

Leaders in Congress and the White House have spoken out against the Stupak ban, and they have the power to strip this discriminatory proposal from the final health care reform bill. It’s up to us to make sure they do so. Join me and Planned Parenthood in urging President Obama, Majority Leader Reid, and Speaker Pelosi to continue their efforts to pass health care reform that protects women. Click here:
http://bit.ly/PPFutureOfChoice