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Thanks to the action from NCJW members and sections around the country, more than 5,500 signatures were collected on behalf of NCJW’s Voices for Reproductive Choices petition!

On Thursday, April 7, NCJW members and supporters from across the country, including President Linda Slucker, CEO Nancy K. Kaufman and a number of other members of NCJW’s leadership team, united with more than 20 other leading organizations to take a stand for women’s health at the Stand Up for Women’s Health Rally and Lobby Day in Washington, DC. After a rally at the Capitol, NCJW members from FL, CA, TX, MO, DC, NJ, NY, MD, VA, PA, and OH held more than 30 visits with their members of Congress.

Los Angeles (CA) Section | Press Conference

The Los Angeles Section hosted a press conference on Thursday, April 7, at the Los Angeles Council House in collaboration with 12 other local organizations that support family planning and reproductive rights. The press conference was a show of solidarity with the Stand Up for Women’s Health Rally held the same day in Washington, DC.

Pittsburgh (PA) Section | Media Ad, Coalition Community Meeting

The Pittsburgh Section placed an ad in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle highlighting the impact reproductive health care has on women’s economic independence.

On Sunday, April 10, the NCJW Pittsburgh Section joined the ACLU of PA, NewVoices Pittsburgh, and Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania to co-host a community meeting to discuss reproductive freedoms, healthcare reform, and recently proposed legislation that will affect reproductive freedoms.

Saddleback (CA) Section | Coalition Community Meeting

Even before NCJW kicked off the Voices for Reproductive Choices Campaign in March 2011, the Saddleback Section in southern California had connecting aligned organizations in their area. In December 2010, the section co-hosted a briefing meeting that focused on organizing grassroots action to support women’s reproductive rights in California. Sister Donna Quinn, a Catholic nun from Chicago, spoke at the event, illustrating successful actions that have stopped anti-choice laws in Illinois, and attendees signed petitions that were then sent to Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein. The Saddlebrook Section used the connections gained at this event as a springboard to reach out to other organizations in Orange County and extend NCJW’s Voice for Reproductive Choices emergency action campaign efforts into their community.

San Francisco (CA) Section | Petition Gathering

The San Francisco Section hit the streets on Sunday, March 27, to collect 400 signatures for NCJW’s Voices for Reproductive Choices petition.

St. Louis (MO) Section | Lobby Day, Media Ad

On March 30, members of NCJW’s St. Louis Section participated in a Planned Parenthood Pro-Choice Lobby Day and joined close to 80 advocates from around the state to deliver messages against two bills currently in the state legislature that will restrict abortion options in Missouri and generate additional governmental intrusion in women’s choices.

The section also sponsored an ad in the St. Louis Jewish Light, Wednesday, April 6, asking citizens in St. Louis to call their representatives and tell them NO to the extreme anti-choice bills – HR 3, HR 217, and HR 358 – currently making their way through Congress.

Find your local section on NCJW Near You for more information about ways to take action in support of women, children, and families in your community!

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