Support 32,000 women who get pregnant after rape

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Sunday October 28, 2012 · 12:26 PM PDT

2012/10/28 · 12:26

I for one had NO IDEA how many women get pregnant from rape. So I researched and found a study conducted by medical professors at University of South Carolina. It's shocking. 32,000 EVERY YEAR. That's a lot of suffering women.

Can ANYONE who has a heart support elected officials or a party who would turn these 32,000 rape victims who get pregnant every year into criminals for seeking an abortion to free them from their nightmare? This idea of making abortion illegal for them is almost like legalizing LYNCHING of young women who get raped. It's outrageous. WOuld you want your daughter to be turned into a criminal if such a tragedy would befall her? If you think you are far from it; keep in mind, one in five college women is sexually assaulted.

We must make more people are aware of these hard cold facts to shock them into reality and action and shift the beauty shop and coffee shop conversations away from the abstract talking about "sanctity of life" versus "women's rights" to how we can SUPPORT our sisters who are victims of these atrocities. If everyone understands the stark reality about rape and unwanted pregnancy, people will rally against these men who plan to keep us down and out with forced birthing. This is an issue all women can rally around on both sides of the aisle and a lot of good men too. Let's stop glossing over reality with rhetoric. Let's protect these women and all women from the hands of out of touch people like Mourdock or Romney and Ryan who are working hard to take away our rights, as well as our dollars and "sense."

Spread the facts to young women you know. Read these medical studies below the fold that give proof to the numbers and tell the story of women who will suffer at the hands of lawmakers if we don't step up.

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 4:12 PM PDT

2008/09/11 · 16:12

It's my new theme song for this election:

Anything goes when it comes to Sarah Palin...
Anything goes when it comes to John McCain...
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes

[OBAMA]
If saying your prayers you like,
If housing crisis you like
If endless wars you like,
If high prices you like
If back stairs you like,
If love affairs galore you like
With young teens you like,
Why nobody will oppose!
Vote for those schmoze...

[ALL]
And though I'm not a great romancer
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose, that I vote for those schmoze
Anything goes...No No
Anything goes...No No
my country is of thee...
..

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 9:27 AM PDT

2008/09/09 · 09:27

Are you better off today than you were 8 years ago? This was the question Bill Clinton posed over and over in his upset election and it became a mantra in people's mind. Barack Obama needs to revive it again. Because right now, our candidates and their supporters are drifting, diffuse, defensive, and petty policy wonking (witness the main diary all about Palin's expenses as governor---most people don't care about this.)

Twenty percent of women have shifted sides. Guess what. You can get them back.

Women care about pocket book issues. Boil it down to the basics. Somehow McCain has got people thinking Obama is going to take money out of their pockets to pay for all this stuff he's talking about...and indeed Obama does sound like a defensive policy wonk, not a straight-talking candidate. I want them to stop talking about Bush and policy details and Palin. Start framing policy in questions for people to ask themselves. Are you better off today than you were 8 years ago? Have your health care costs gone down or up the past 8 years? Stop talking about change for change sake.

People don't want to hear about Bush. They're tired of him and even McCain is tired of him. Change needs to be personalized. Are you better off than you were 8 years ago? People want this election to be about themselves.

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Tuesday January 04, 2005 · 10:15 PM PST

2005/01/04 · 22:15

Every year around this time, I gather up friends and make predictions about what the year (or next few) will bring. Everything from who will be named to the Supreme Court to what new fast food will rise to the fore to what companies will crash and burn and what sports teams will dominate. So take your turn and make a prediction on anything you like. I'll save these up and next year we can see who has ESP. Read More

Why We Are Losing Moderate Women

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Saturday November 06, 2004 · 8:44 PM PST

2004/11/06 · 20:44

Today I read a thoughtful letter written by A Sad American who is in her thirties and lives in the South. It is addressed to the democratic party about why we did not earn her vote despite some leanings. She goes through each of the major issues paragraph by paragraph. The entire piece and the hundreds of comments that follow it are worth a soul-searching read by all angry, smart democrats if we want to learn and earn her vote and millions like her in the future. Read More

GOTV & Absentee Results

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 3:39 PM PDT

2004/10/30 · 15:39

Spent past week in Columbus, OH working with ACT GOTV effort. ACT people told me absentee ballots already submitted by democrats in OH exceed by good margin republican absentees. This is a first. (Parties can track absentee ballots submitted.)Normally GOP absentees far exceed democrats in OH but this year ACT and others got lots of folks to sign up for absentee ballots. Only elderly and ill folks can vote absentee in OH so it's not huge numbers, but it sure is a good indicator. What are some indicators in other close states with early voting? Any insider reports?
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