Roundup: Students Speak Out About ABQ’s Anti-Choice Ballot Measure Published: November 14, 2013 On November 19, Albuquerque residents will vote on a deceptive ballot measure that would effectively ban abortion after the 20th week without exceptions for rape, incest, fetal abnormalities, or the health of the mother.
Mississippi Personhood: A Blast from the Past, Now if Only it had Stayed There Published: May 2, 2013 I didn’t think I was going to wake up this morning and feel like I was back in 2011. I had just graduated college. I was wrapping up an internship with Organizing for America – the election was so far off we weren’t even calling ourselves Obama for America yet. And Mississippi was making news […]
We Defeated Amendment 6 in Florida! Published: November 7, 2012 We did it! Our wonderful, dedicated Campus Team organizers helped Florida voters defeat Amendment 6, which would have endangered women’s lives by restricting access to abortion and would have deleted from the Florida constitution a right to privacy clause that guarantees women’s access to abortion and birth control. It could have banned health insurance from […]
Organizing Florida to Vote No on Amendment 6 Published: October 31, 2012 Women’s rights are under attack and are in serious danger of being lost. I work for a campaign to get the word out about voting NO on Amendment 6. For those who do not know, Amendment 6 states that it would prohibit public funds to be used for abortion and that Florida’s right to privacy […]