HR3 Petition_RAPE IS RAPE!

[Joanne98]

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House Republicans are proposing to drastically narrow the definition of rape that qualifies for health care coverage. House Resolution 3 would redefine rape in these cases to only include "forcible rape," a definition that rules out a woman being drugged, children who are victims of statutory rape, and many date rape scenarios.

No matter what Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans want to call it, rape is rape -- women should have the right to health care following a rape.

Sign our petition denouncing Republican Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans for supporting this extremist anti-woman bill and trying to deny health coverage to women and children who are victims of rape and incest.
http://dccc.org/women

And you wanna know what this really means? it means that children of incest and other men women boys and girls who are coercivly raped will have less of an option for saying something to authorities when it does come to needing help. Since they will know if this bill passes that if they have no money they will not be able to get help, how many kids do you know with cash? plus other pressures may just mean what happened gets swept under the rug. this is a vile piece of legislation designed to protect the aggressor who is at home. or at the office. I wonder how many interns in washington dc have had bad things happen to them....? and they're pressured to stay quiet? bears some thinking about.

I signed. Will you?

[Lebam in LA]

1. K&R

Signed and sent on to others

[HockeyMom]

2. What can an 11 year old

90 lb. child do against at 30 year old 200 lb. rapist? BEAT HER SENSELESS? Is that what they want? This happened to a friend of mine in her apartment hallway in the afternoon on her way home from school in her school uniform. My friend suffered from the trauma of this for decades. Fortunately, she did not get pg from this. I think she would have killed herself if that had happened and she was forced to bear her rapist's baby.

Let this happened to THEIR daughters and see how they feel.

[niyad]

3. k and r--there is, seemingly, NO END to the woman-hating of the repukes.

maybe we should flood them with information on V-day (not that it will do any good)

[jkappy]

4. All rape is forced and most rapes are NOT stranger rapes

The definition of rape should be broadened, not narrowed. There are still some states that do not even recognize husband rape.

[Loki]

5. Yes

n/t

[Althaia]

6. signed.

It is monstrously evil to deny a raped woman access to an abortion.

they are so sick to even think of it. :puke:

[Swampguana]

7. This is disgusting

This shouldn't even be considered!