THIS IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION...Tell Sebelius: listen to women, not Catholic bishops from CREDO 4DEZ10

THIS IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION, it is about birth control, and the Catholic Church should not be making the decision on this issue. Click the link to sign this petition....

Overturn Obama Administration's decision on free access to birth control HHS should provide free access to birth control Clicking here will add your name to this petition: I stand for women's reproductive health. The Department of Health and Human Services should listen to women, not the Catholic Bishops, and mandate free access to birth control. We have a chance to undo one of the worst decisions of this administration when it comes to women's reproductive health and make birth control for women free by designating it preventive health care. But we'll have to fight back against the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops and ensure that President Obama's Department of Health and Human Services listens to women and not the theocrats when it comes to making decisions about women's reproductive health. Help ensure women's reproductive health is covered in preventive care: tell Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to listen to women, not the Catholic Bishops, and recommend providing free access to birth control. When President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, we didn't imagine that his administration and a Democratic majority in Congress would move us backwards when it came to women's reproductive health. But time and time again, the White House has failed to counter conservative initiatives that leave women without comprehensive health care. First, the White House capitulated to Congressman Bart Stupak during the debate of health care reform and issued an executive order reinforcing the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds going toward abortion services. Then, in a surprise move, the White House eliminated abortion coverage for women in high-risk pools, even if they paid for this service with their own money.1 This was an anti-choice action that went beyond even the Stupak amendment. The latest blow for women's reproductive health care was equally unexpected. Health care reform paved the way for making birth control free for most women as long as it's designated as "preventive care" for women. But the Department of Health and Human Services refused to do so. Fortunately, the Department of Health and Human Services is revisiting its earlier decision on this issue. In fact, HHS issued hearings on what services should be considered preventive care for women and a panel of experts will issue a recommendation to HHS about what services should be free under the new health reform law. Tell Kathleen Sebelius: Listen to women, not the Catholic Bishops, when it comes to reproductive health. Click here to automatically sign the petition. Yet again, it appears that the Catholic Bishops and other anti-woman groups are the ones shaping these discussions. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops testified formally during the first meeting of the panel. Why are Bishops weighing what does or doesn't qualify as preventive health care for women? HHS has a unique opportunity to decide to give women complete and comprehensive health care, including critically important reproductive health care. You can help stop the rollbacks to women's reproductive health rights: Sign our petition to the Kathleen Sebelius now. Click here and your name will be added automatically. We can't continue to sit by while the Catholic Bishops shape decisions on women's reproductive health. Thank you for working to protect women's rights. Becky Bond, Political Director and Ali Rozell, Activism Fellow CREDO Action from Working Assets 1 Women's Groups Respond to Obama's Ban on Abortion Coverage in High-Risk Insurance Pools RH Reality Check, July 15, 2010