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FEDERAL ACTION ALERT – August 7, 2022
Produced by the Legislative Committee of the Coconino County Democratic Party and Democrats of the Red Rocks THIS WEEK’S ALERTS: The Senate must immediately pass the Respect for Marriage Act; Demand that the Senate PASS the Reproductive Freedom for All Act!!; Insist that our Senators resist the sneaky Mitt Romney attempt to destroy Social […]
Continue readingThoughts on the Failed Abortion Rights Initiative
An effort to ensure abortion rights in Arizona failed to get enough signatures to get on the November ballot. The Right to Reproductive Freedom Act would have left matters from birth control to abortion in the hands of women and their doctors, and would have barred any government efforts to penalize or restrict any licensed medical […]
Continue readingLegislative Alert ~ June 25
ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT June 25, 2022 The Legislature has adjourned. Let’s try to stop some of the bad bills they passed as they skipped town. CONTACT THE GOVERNOR AS BILLS MOVE TO HIM TO SIGN IT IS BEST TO CALL HIS OFFICE TO VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION – 602-542-4331. IF YOU TWEET – SEND YOUR OPPOSITION […]
Continue readingTrust the Woman!
We aren’t endorsing any of the Democrats running for President because the job of picking the party nominee lies on the shoulders of voters in primaries and caucus-goers; however, when one of the candidates so clearly articulates one of the party’s values as Pete Buttigieg did on a Fox News town hall last May, it’s […]
Continue readingElect Democrats to LD-6 to support women’s rights
From 2011 through 2017, abortion rates in nearly all states of the U.S. declined. The big news is that states where Republicans have successfully restricted abortion access showed no bigger declines than elsewhere. A key factor in the decline is that there were fewer pregnancies nationwide. This according to a study released this September by […]
Continue readingAbortion Rates Steadily Decline
From 2011 through 2017, abortion rates in nearly all states of the U.S. — and in all Census Regions — declined. The big news is that states where Republicans have successfully restricted abortion access showed no bigger declines than elsewhere. A key factor in the decline is that there were fewer pregnancies nationwide. This according […]
Continue readingDemocratic AGs Stop Trump’s Title X Gag Rule
Democratic AGs across the country fought back and filed lawsuits against Trump’s extremist Title X “gag rule”, which restricts access to women’s health care and undermines funding for family planning programs. First, a federal judge in Washington state issued a NATIONWIDE preliminary injunction that blocked this rule from going into effect on May 3. Then, […]
Continue readingRepublicans Are About To Waste Taxpayer Money on Unconstitutional Abortion Bills — Again
We wish we could find reliable numbers for how much the Arizona Attorney General’s office has spent on legal fees trying to defend the ridiculously obviously unconstitutional abortion bills that the Arizona legislature has passed in the last decade and which Governors Brewer and Ducey signed (sometimes — occasionally, they vetoed because the bills were […]
Continue readingArizona Democratic Party Says Defending Choice is Non-Negotiable – We agree.
In reaction to a statement from the leadership of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), today the Arizona Democratic Party issued the following statement reiterating our commitment to defending women’s right to make their own reproductive decisions: Arizona Democrats, Yesterday, the leadership at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) indicated they were open to supporting […]
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