Republicans vs Women's Right

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Republican Platform

The Republicans unveiled their plan to balance the budget and reduce health care cost – change women into Stepford Wives. To ensure that women have fewer rights than men, the Republicans propose to add the amendment to the US Constitution. The ultimate plan of the 2012 Republican Platform is to reduce the rights of women to have control over their body. It decreases the “fundamental individual right to life” to women “which cannot be infringed.” The Republicans have no interest in increasing the lifespan of women in the United States. By decreasing the female population in the United States the Republican plans to decrease spending – men would be in the majority. After all - Clement of Alexandria (150-215): "Every woman should be filled with shame by the thought that she is a woman."

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Claire Wellington: I asked myself, "Where would people never notice a town full of robots?" (Memorable quotes for The Stepford Wives (2004)

“We’ve also reaffirmed that we’re a party of life, traditional values, a strong national defense, and a reverence for the rights and liberties granted by our creator and laid out by our Founders in the Constitution,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.

Joanna Eberhart: Bobbie! Bobbie... this isn't you...

Bobbie Markowitz: That's right, Joanna! This isn't me, it's a whole new me. I'm happy, and I'm healthy, because I understand what's important in life. (Memorable quotes for The Stepford Wives (2004)

Sandra Fluke

In a recent statement that was both factually inaccurate and horribly offensive, Republican Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said that victims of "legitimate rape" don't get pregnant because "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Republican Party voted to include the "Human Life Amendment" in their platform, calling for a constitutional ban on abortions nationwide, even for rape victims. This controversy is not an accident, or a mistake, or an isolated incident. It's a reflection of a Republican Party whose policies are dangerous for women.

Without knowing me or my story, Rush Limbaugh called me a "slut" and a "prostitute" on his radio show. 
The Republicans are frighteningly clear on these issues.

Just last year, Paul Ryan joined Todd Akin and more than 200 other Republicans in co-sponsoring legislation that would have narrowed the definition of rape, limiting which victims of rape were "legitimate" enough to receive financial assistance for access to abortion care.

Mitt Romney famously says he would "get rid of" Planned Parenthood if he had the chance. .

Thanks,  Sandra Fluke

Maternal Health

Ovarian Cancer is one of the most deadly of women's cancers. Each year, approximately 22,880 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In 2012, approximately 15,550 women will die in the United States from ovarian cancer. Many women don't seek help until the disease has begun to spread, but if detected at its earliest stage, the five-year survival rate is more than 93%
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) "Woman is a stupid vessel over whom man must always hold power, for the man is higher and better than she; for the regiment and dominion belong to man as the head and master of the house."

What the 2012 Republican platform draft says: Republicans oppose abortion in all cases with no exceptions for rape or incest.

In 2005 the maternal death ratio was 15.1 deaths per 100,000 births. For African American women, the ratio was an disgraceful 36.5 deaths per 100,000 births (Kung, Hoyert, Xu, & Murphy, 2008). In other words, for all U.S. women, the maternal death ratio is almost 5 times as high as it should be, and for African American women, it is more than 10 times what it should be. In the United States, nearly half of all pregnancies are unplanned, (Finer L, Henshaw S. Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, 2994 and 2001. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2008;38:90–96. MEDLINE), and women with inadvertent pregnancies are more likely to develop complications and face worse outcomes for themselves and their babies.( D'Angelo D, et al. Preconception and interconception health status of women who recently gave birth to live-born infant–pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system (PRAMS), United States, 26 reporting areas, 2004. MMWR surveillance summaries, December 14, 2007:4 and 17. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5610a1.htm).

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Given the option, many women will opt to save their infant over their life. They don’t need to be told by a doctor, “Sorry, the US Constitution says I have to let you die, and you have nothing to say about the matter.” A mother who’s 11 year old is pregnant from a rape, will not have the ability to save her own child if the pregnancy threatens her daughter’s life.  10-year-old gives birth to baby boy The young mother is from the nearby San Francisco, and suffered a seizure.

Infant Health

Grief

The U.S. infant mortality rate is one of the highest among all developed countries. The disparity in rates within the United States is upsetting as well, with Black babies dying at more than twice the rate of white babies.

The most recent statistics from 2007 show that the U.S. rate of almost seven deaths per 1,000 live births ranked the U.S. behind the majority of other advanced countries. Thirty industrialized countries have lower infant mortality rates, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, all of them spending much less money than United States does on health care.

Of the almost 18 million women in the United States estimated to be in need of publicly funded family planning services and supplies, Medicaid and government-funded clinics (Title X clinics) cover a little more than half of this need, leaving more than 8 million women without affordable family planning information and services. (Guttmacher Institute . Contraceptive needs and services, 2006.http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/win/allstates2006.pdf)

Health Care for Women

Let’s move on from the hot topic of maternal and child health. In all years, males had significantly higher rates of admission for diabetes, about twice the rate of females. (Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women Selected Findings From the 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports)

Heart disease is the leading cause of death. In 2007, females had higher rates of inpatient heart attack mortality than males. Several benchmarks are presented with implications for women's health.

Quote The 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report are available online at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10.htm.

The 2007 top 4 State achievable benchmark for inpatient heart attack mortality was 54.6 per 1,000 admissions. At the current rate, males could attain the benchmark in less than 1 year; however, females could not attain the benchmark for almost 3 years.

In 2008, the top 5 State fibrinolytic medication achievable benchmark was 60.7%. At the current rate of improvement, males should reach the achievable benchmark in a little over 2 years, but females would not reach the benchmark for more than 4 years.

From 2005 to 2008, the percentage of hospitalized adult patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions improved from 57.5% to 82.0%. Improvements were observed among both males and females. The 2008 top 5 State achievable benchmark was 88%. At the current 12% annual rate of increase, this benchmark could be attained overall and for both males and females in less than a year.

Almost immediately after the passage of President Obama's signature Affordable Care Act in March 2010, Senate Minority Mitch McConnell declared, "I think [our] slogan will be 'repeal and replace', 'repeal and replace.'"

According to news release 2012 Health care law gives women control over their care, offers free preventive services to 47 million women (forty-seven million) women are getting greater control over their health care and access to eight new prevention-related health care services without paying more out of their own pocket.

Decreasing the Female Population in US

There is a secret conspiracy to repeal the 19th amendment which guarantees all American women the right to vote. Less than 100 years ago, the amendment passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920. It’s a logical progression that if the Republicans add an amendment to restrict women rights (2012 Republican Platform), they would repeal an amendment that gave women rights. If women can’t vote, men can pass any laws and /or restrictions they want. Deny all health care to women, food, housing, life, liberty, happiness – no telling how far it could go.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: "Woman was made to yield to man and put up with his injustice."

Claire Wellington: I asked myself, "Where would people never notice a town full of robots?" (Stepford Wives)

There are men who will stand up for right – (Stepford Wives)

Walter Kresby: She's not a robot. She never was. I couldn't do it.

Mike Wellington: Why not?

Walter Kresby: Because she's not a science project. Because I didn't marry something from RadioShack.

Mike Wellington: That's a shame. (Memorable quotes for The Stepford Wives (2004)

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