Join the Fight for Affordable Birth Control – Call Your Senator Today!

From our friends at Choice USA:

Last week regulations to restore affordable birth control were included in the 2009 Appropriations Bill and successfully passed through the House. At this moment, the Bill is currently being debated in the Senate and is time-lined to be on President Obama’s desk this Friday. Yesterday, Senator DeMint offered Amendment 649, a move that would strip affordable birth control from the Bill! DeMint has characterized the Affordable Birth Control Provision in the bill as “an earmark for Planned Parenthood” even though it is of no-cost to the government.

A result of the Deficit Reduction Act, birth control prices have skyrocketed on college campuses the last two years. Students have reported seeing a rise of their prescriptions from $3 to $10 to $30 to $50.

Take a moment to call your Senators NOW and encourage them to work hard to keep Affordable Birth Control in the 2009 Appropriations Bill and to strike Amendment 649 down. Stand together with women across the country in demanding affordable birth control now!

Together we can get affordable birth control back in our clinics and on our campuses. Find your Senators’ phone numbers here and suggested talking points and a phone script here.

To read more about Campus Progress’ support of comprehensive sex-ed and birth control, click here.