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Oppose the Bush Administration's Attack on Birth Control

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Choice Headlines

9/5/2008
What Would Really Happen if Abortion Was Left to the States

9/4/2008
It's Magic: How Can McCain and Palin Still Support Ab-Only?

9/4/2008
An Open Letter to Governor Palin on Women's Rights

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Press Releases

9/3/2008
NPCC Executive Director to Co-Chair the CT Coalition for Choice

8/12/2008
NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut PAC Endorses State Candidates

7/28/2008
NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut PAC Endorses Anderson

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1.  What does is mean to be pro-choice?
2.  What is Roe v. Wade?
3.  When and why was NARAL founded?
4.  Is choice really threatened?

1. What does is mean to be pro-choice?
Being pro-choice does not mean being pro-abortion.
 
 To be pro-choice means to support every woman’s fundamental right to make her own choice about pregnancy and child-bearing, including abortion. It also means believing that we need to do more to give women a broader range of reproductive choices, including better access to contraceptives and responsible sexuality education.
2. What is Roe v. Wade?

On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court voted 7-2 to strike down a Texas law prohibiting abortion, citing that it violated a woman’s right to privacy. This landmark decision is known as Roe v. Wade.

3. When and why was NARAL founded?

NARAL Pro-Choice America (formerly the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League) was first founded in New York in 1969 with the goal of ensuring access to safe and legal abortion, effective contraceptive options, and quality reproductive health care. In the decades since then, NARAL has expanded its mission to include affiliate organizations in several states, including NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut.

4. Is choice really threatened?

Federally, Congress has banned access to abortion for virtually every woman who depends on the federal government for her health care, including Medicaid recipients, women in the military and military dependents stationed overseas, women in federal prisons, Native American women, federal employees, and even Peace Corps volunteers. Anti-choice lawmakers have used the appropriations process to restrict access to reproductive health care, here and abroad, at virtually every turn.

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