Trust Women...Support a Pro-Choice America

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This just in from Nancy Keenan, President, of NARAL Pro-Choice America... Declare your support of the "Trust Women" campaign with a $10 donation and receive a “Trust Women” wristband:

Our “Trust Women” wristband campaign is wrapping up, but I still need you to take part. We must stand with the many pro-choice Americans nationwide who have already declared their support.

Donate today and get your “Trust Women” wristbands.

Dr Tiller often wore a button on his lapel that featured his motto, “Trust Women.” After Dr. Tiller’s murder, Dr. LeRoy Carhart, an abortion provider in Nebraska, wore the pin as a tribute to his friend and colleague…and we created this wristband to carry forward the message.

That’s why when you to donate $10 today to NARAL Pro-Choice America, we will send you a “Trust Women” wristband to honor the legacy of Dr. Tiller…and to show your solidarity with Dr. Carhart and all of the doctors and nurses out there who trust women.

Dr. LeRoy Carhart has been a vocal supporter of a woman’s right to safe, legal abortion care. He is one of the few abortion providers to whom women in heart-breaking circumstances can turn. And the anti-choice movement has made him a target of their attacks by enacting a divisive and invasive anti-choice law aimed directly at threatening Dr. Carhart and the women he serves.

In fact, Mary Spaulding Balch of the National Right to Life Committee recently told Politico, “When George Tiller was killed, LeRoy Carhart had national attention. That alerted Speaker Mike Flood to the problem in Nebraska, and he worked to address that.”¹

We cannot let anti-choice operatives go unchecked. Donate today and receive your “Trust Women” wristband.

Anti-choice zealots have proven that they are willing to use both violence and legislation to oppress women. That’s why we need the support of each and every pro-choice American today.

This is your opportunity to show our opponents that we will not be intimidated.

Donate $10 today, and we will send you a “Trust Women” wristband. Please join us and stand against anti-choice violence and intimidation.

Sincerely,

Nancy Keenan, President
NARAL Pro-Choice America

¹“States Test Abortion Limits,” Politico.com, April 28, 2010.

Fun Fundraiser this Friday for Leukemia & Lymphoma

You may be able to live on this earth your entire life without ever knowing someone with a neuro disorder (unless you join my neuro circle), but I can't imagine that there's a person out there that hasn't been touched, harmed, hopeless or hopeful, or in mourning from a friend, relative, or acquaintance with either Leukemia or Lymphoma.

In my 34 years, I lost a great uncle to leukemia, made an inspirational friend who has been fighting a rare form of lymphoma for 20+ years, and just last month while getting plasmapharesis, a young mother of 3(?) sat on the bed next to me as her hair fell out and her stem cells were collected to treat her 2nd bout of lymphoma.

For something so unpleasant, we philly/regional phillyians can have some fun, get a buzz, and meet other socially minded people this Friday - all in support of all of the above.

I'm getting treatment this Friday, but if I'm up to it, I'll be there.

Details below:

What: VIS/CCA

When: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:00 PM

Price: $5.00 per person

Where:
The American Pub at Centre Square
1500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
267-639-6104

Party for a Cause

COME ON OUT AND PARTY FOR A GREAT CAUSE!

Where: American Pub, 1500 Market St. Philly
When: Friday, Jan 15, 7 to 11 pm

The brand new American Pub at Center Square will be partnering
with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society Team in Training to host an
E X T E N D E D Happy Hour fundraiser!

A $5 donation at the door (100% of which goes to the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society) will get you these GREAT drink specials from
7-11 pm:

$3 Select drafts
$4 Well drinks and domestic wines
$5 Specialty drinks and Belvedere vodka drinks
$6 Martinis

(They originally offered to have this event go two hours, but
the American Pub has agreed to extend these specials for FOUR
hours!)

There will also be having a 50/50 raffle & a silent auction
with many exciting prizes up for grabs!

MAKE SURE TO BRING CASH FOR THE COVER AND AUCTIONS!!!

All are welcome to attend. Please feel free and encouraged to
invite friends.

P.S. Come hungry--everything on the pub menu is under $10!
(Food will be available until 10 pm.)
http://www.theamerica...

P.P.S. The pub location is in the 1500 Market St. Bldg. Just
take the escalator downstairs into The American Pub.

For those who can't attend, you can still support Leukemia &
Lymphoma research at
http://pages.teamintr...

Learn more here: (I just became a member)
http://volunteerism.m...