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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 11:09 AM Mar 2016

Today the Senate is having a hearing on how to tell women what's best for them. So, normal day. #Sto

Something to key into while waiting (I am also doing some calling). #StopTheBans





Cecile Richards Verified account ?@CecileRichards 2m2 minutes ago

Cecile Richards Retweeted Malinda Frevert

Today the Senate is having a hearing on how to tell women what's best for them. So, normal day. #StopTheBans




NARAL ?@NARAL 13m13 minutes ago

In just a few minutes, we'll be live-tweeting the Senate Judiciary Cmte hearing on a 20 wk abortion ban bill. #StopTheBans



Effort to restrict and stigmatize abortion access is misguided…
The 20-week abortion ban would fall hardest on low-income women.




National Partnership Verified account ?@NPWF 7m7 minutes ago

Senate Judiciary Committee ‘Plays Politics with Women’s Lives’ Yet Again, Ness Says http://npwf.info/21tbGIo #StopTheBans
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Guttmacher Institute ?@Guttmacher 7m7 minutes ago

20-week #abortion ban cld lead to targeting of providers who already face threats & harassment http://gu.tt/vVxXoL #StopTheBans

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Today the Senate is having a hearing on how to tell women what's best for them. So, normal day. #Sto (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2016 OP
must be Tuesday Her Sister Mar 2016 #1
Hearings for more government interventions and control, especially on issues of women. Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #2
Exactly why women need more representation pandr32 Mar 2016 #3
Thank you @SenBlumenthal @SenFeinstein @SenatorDurbin @alfranken for speaking out against the 20-wee riversedge Mar 2016 #5
Wonderful senators, and out-numbered! pandr32 Mar 2016 #6
Boxer: "The 20-week abortion ban is a direct violation of Roe v. Wade - a grave threat to women." riversedge Mar 2016 #4

riversedge

(70,204 posts)
5. Thank you @SenBlumenthal @SenFeinstein @SenatorDurbin @alfranken for speaking out against the 20-wee
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 12:48 PM
Mar 2016

We still have good Dems in the Senate---outnumbered of course.



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CenterforReproRights ?@ReproRights 51m51 minutes ago

Thank you @SenBlumenthal @SenFeinstein @SenatorDurbin @alfranken for speaking out against the 20-week abortion ban! #StopTheBans
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Olivia Cappello ?@oliviacappello 1h1 hour ago

20-week abortion bans are based on bad science. Don't let politicians turn lies into laws. #StopTheBans

riversedge

(70,204 posts)
4. Boxer: "The 20-week abortion ban is a direct violation of Roe v. Wade - a grave threat to women."
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 12:46 PM
Mar 2016

I am so going to miss her.


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ACLU National Verified account ?@ACLU 10m10 minutes ago

The decision of if, how, when and with whom we become parents should be left to us, not politicians. #StopTheBans
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CenterforReproRights ?@ReproRights 26m26 minutes ago

"The 20-week abortion ban is a direct violation of Roe v. Wade and a grave threat to women." @SenatorBoxer #StopTheBans
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ACLU National Verified account ?@ACLU 42m42 minutes ago

Bills that ban abortion at 20 weeks are just another tired, wasteful, and harmful attempt to push abortion out of reach. #StopTheBans
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