Bob McDonnell's war on birth control and choice 17FEB12

YES Virginia, there is an extreme right wing repiglican / tea-bagger administration in Richmond who's agenda is to establish "christian" sharia as the rule in our Commonwealth. ALL forms of birth control are under attack, the goal is to make them illegal. And for Virginia women who may have made the extremely difficult decision to seek an abortion, for whatever reason, they will experience the degradation of a trans-vaginal ultrasound, probably done by a man. Please sign this petition circulated through MoveOn.org to VA gov bob mcdonnell, lt gov bill bolling and the entire VA Senate in Richmond to defeat HB 1 and HB462.

Below is an email from Brian Devine, a MoveOn member who created a petition at SignOn.org

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Dear Virginia MoveOn member,

This week, conservatives in Virginia's House of Delegates passed "personhood" legislation that would grant legal rights to fertilized eggs. This bill seeks to ban safe, legal abortion in all circumstances and threatens women's access to birth control.

Unfortunately, they didn't stop there. They also passed legislation requiring some women to undergo an invasive, unnecessary transvaginal ultrasound before getting an abortion. Just in case that wasn't extreme enough, those same legislators rejected a commonsense amendment requiring a woman's consent before she is penetrated with a vaginal ultrasound probe.

This war on women has got to stop. 

That's why I created a petition to Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling; the Virginia State Senate; and Governor Bob McDonnell on SignOn.org, which says:

I'm writing to express my opposition to bills before the General Assembly that insert the government into women's private medical decisions. Please oppose HB 1, which would define a fertilized egg as a person and could outlaw abortion under all circumstances and restrict women's access to birth control, and HB 462, which will traumatize women by forcing some to submit to an invasive, transvaginal ultrasound before seeking an abortion.

I've had enough of this war on women and I'm asking you to get back to work on Virginians' priorities: investing in our economic growth, ensuring our kids get an excellent education, and repairing our crumbling transportation infrastructure. We sent you to Richmond to make life better for Virginia families, not make it more difficult for women to access comprehensive reproductive health services.

Will you sign the petition? Click here to add your name, and then pass it along to your friends:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=271249&id=35866-17549061-VrEnvlx&t=2

Thanks!

–Brian Devine

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