Tag Archives: women’s rights
Republican AZ Legislative Priorities
Republicans control our Legislature by a thin margin. As a result, they can jam through some pretty awful legislation. Our Legislative Committee Chair provided this grim report at this morning’s Monthly Democratic Action Meeting. 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUPPRESS THE VOTE: 25 bills designed to make voting more difficult – particularly voting by mail PEVL Purge […]
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 readingBirth Control
The Trump administration just heartlessly weakened an ACA mandate that requires insurers to provide coverage for no-cost contraception. Hundreds of thousands of American women will be at risk of losing access to birth control if their employers chose to seek an exemption from this Obama-era rule. The ACA requirement has saved women billions of dollars […]
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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