Don't give survivors of rape lifetime sentence/Petition Hi friend, Don't give survivors of rape a lifetime sentence.
When a rape survivor enters the emergency room, she is not always given a chance to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
Support legislation that guarantees all rape survivors have access to emergency contraception following assault.
Imagine that your friend is the victim of sexual assault. She goes to the hospital for treatment and a month later, discovers that her assailant got her pregnant.
This situation happens all too often despite medical advancements, such as the Emergency Contraception pill (EC), that help survivors of rape prevent forced pregnancy. Rape victims often enter and leave the emergency room without ever being offered EC as an option by their doctors.
Take action to give victims of sexual assault the healthcare treatment they need!
What is EC? It is NOT the same as mifepristone, or RU 486, which terminates an already-established pregnancy. EC is a concentrated dose of ordinary birth-control pill that can dramatically reduce a woman's chance of becoming pregnant if taken soon after sex or sexual assault.
To ensure emergency contraception is an option for all rape survivors, Congress has proposed the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act ("CARE": S.1264/H.R.2928), which would guarantee that emergency rooms provide every woman with emergency contraception as an option following her assault.
Sign the petition to support this legislation now!
Every rape survivor deserves the proper healthcare services to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
Sign the petition asking your representatives to support the CARE act:http://go.care2.com/e/l5./Nm/K09J
Thanks for your help today.
Rape: it’s a horrible thing that no woman chooses. Yet as it stands now, when a survivor of rape enters the emergency room, she is not always given the chance to prevent pregnancy.
To address this troubling problem, members of Congress have proposed the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act (“CARE”: S.1264/H.R.2928).
This bill would ensure that when survivors of sexual assault enter the emergency room, they are always offered the emergency contraception pill (EC) as an option.
EC is a concentrated dose of ordinary birth-control pills that can dramatically reduce a woman's chance of becoming pregnant if taken soon after sex or sexual assault. It is NOT the same thing as mifepristone, or RU 486, which terminates an already-established pregnancy.
Making EC an option for all rape survivors that enter the emergency room would ensure that they have a choice in the aftermath of their assault.
Please sign the petition to ensure that rape survivors get the health-care services they need to prevent unintended pregnancy.
Ask Congress to vote YES on the CARE act. Every rape victim sould have this personal choice.
Support legislation that guarantees all rape survivors have access to emergency contraception following assault.
http://go.care2.com/e/l5./Nm/K09J
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