.JPG) Happy New Year! Let's make 2012 the year of getting all Nevadans the happy safe sex life they deserve! Starting with the presidential race.
In 2011, we saw unprecedented attacks on women's access to health care. As you certainly know, 2012 is a presidential election year. It seems as though the Republican presidential candidates are competing to see who can be the worst on women's health care. The coming elections will determine the futures of us all — sisters, mothers, grandmothers, daughters, aunts, and best friends. That’s why Planned Parenthood Action Fund (our national election arm) has launched the "Women Are Watching" program. Join us!
Please visit the action fundwebsite to pledge to be one of millions of women across America watching, thinking, acting and voting to protect the health of our families, friends and neighbors. Visit the Women Are Watching website to pledge to: WATCH, THINK, ACT, VOTE!
First In The West Caucus!
Want to be directly involved in the presidential election? Nevada is the "First In The West Caucus." Caucuses are different from primary election because participants do more than just support a candidate for president -- they also participate in other party business such as electing delegates to the county convention and submitting resolutions to the party platform to be considered by the platform committee at the county convention.
Download & print the Democratic Plank and Republican Plank here.
This caucus is also the first step a Democrat or Republican needs to take if they want to ultimately become a delegate to their party's national convention (where the party's candidate for the presidency is officially nominated).
The Democratic Caucus will be held statewide on Saturday, January 21, 2012. You can find more information at the Nevada Democratic Caucus website.
The Republican Caucus will be held statewide on Saturday, February 4, 2012. (You must be a registered Republican on or before January 20, 2012 to participate in the Republican caucus.) You can find more information at the Nevada Republican Caucus website.
Attend your party's caucus as an advocate for women's health!
You can learn more about the caucus process in Nevada here. Visit our caucus page here to print out a party platform to submit for consideration by your party. During the Caucus your temporary chair will announce the right time to turn in the platforms. If you are interested in being a caucus volunteer for Planned Parenthood, please contact our public affairs team. Here's the email we sent - if you want to share it.
The fight to protect access to women's health in Nevada.
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada are going to court to fight against the two ballot initiatives that have been filed in Nevada. These initiatives would grant legal protections to fertilized eggs, embryos and fetuses; if passed, they could outlaw a wide range of reproductive health services, not only life-saving abortions, but also most commonly used forms of birth control, treatment for ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages and the medically recommended treatments for in vitro fertilization.
These initiatives could appear on the November 2012 ballot. We can not let outside groups try to bring their misleading proposals to cut off access to basic health services to Nevada! Sign the petition to protect access to vital health care services:
You can rely on Planned Parenthood. Over 3 million Americans come to our health centers every year for preventative health care including well-women annual exams, birth control, cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment and education. In the last several years, we've seen women's health care services under attack at every level! Some members of Congress want to prohibit Planned Parenthood from getting funding for pap smears and other cancer screenings for low income women ... a move that would have had a devastating impact on those who rely on us for their basic health care each year.
Take action today!
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