In the face of immense public pressure from anti-woman extremists like the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, President Obama listened to women's rights advocates and made an historic advancement for women's health with new regulations that require insurance coverage for birth control with no co-pays for women. However, the radical anti-contraception advocates are now turning to Congress in an attempt to restrict women's access to this vitally important health care.
MorePlease support this urgent new action from our friends at CREDO. Susan G. Komen, the nation's largest charity to fight breast cancer, yesterday bowed to right-wing pressure, and abruptly cancelled funding for Planned Parenthood's breast cancer screening program. This program serves millions of women, providing free or low-cost breast cancer screenings.
MoreNearly 15,000 Left Action members have sent a message to Newt Gingrich, in response to his opposition to marriage equality rights:
"Defend your own marriage, hypocrite!"
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This just in -- Republican trolls have been showing up at the Left Action Facebook page, making hilariously feeble attempts to "debate" us.
With grammar, spelling, and logic almost at the 3-year-old level, they've come up with some real classics:
MoreUpdate: Good news, the church has reversed the ban:
MorePastor Stacy Stepp told CNN affiliate WLEX on Sunday that the church voted unanimously to "accept all people regardless of race, creed, or color and to accept everyone into the fellowship of Christ." "I tried everything in my power to try to resolve the matter before it got to where it did," Stepp told WLEX. (source: CNN)
Left Action continues to surge on Facebook, with a fan base now exceeding 400,000!
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MoreHooray! Michele Bachmann has come out strongly in favor of increasing taxes on the wealthy! Use the form to the right to sign on to our massive "thank you card" to her!
Wondering what provoked it? A change of heart? A return of sanity? Nah, just plain ignorance.
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