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Abortion in Health Reform - How did your Representative vote?
 The House of Representatives recently passed a major health care reform bill. However, anti-choice forces used this major advance to pass an amendment that rolled back the clock on coverage of abortion services that millions of women currently have. Find out how your Representative voted – and tell them we won’t tolerate women’s rights being taken away. Take action or learn more.
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Improve the Child and Adult Care Food Program
 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation that would improve young children’s access to nutritious meals in child care centers, family child care homes, and Head Start and Early Head Start programs. With your help, we can gain support for the Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009 (S. 2749). Take action now so that we can reach even more hungry children.
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End Wage Discrimination: Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
 On Jan. 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. Now it is time to move on to the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act, which has already passed in the House, would deter wage discrimination by closing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act and barring retaliation against workers who disclose their wages. The bill also allows women to receive the same remedies for sex-based pay discrimination that are currently available to those subject to discrimination based on race and national origin. Learn more about the issue or take action now to support the Paycheck Fairness Act.
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Ensure Equal Treatment in Athletics
 One way to shine a spotlight on the problems that women and girls still face in athletics is to require schools to publicly disclose gender equity information about their athletics programs. A federal law requires colleges to make such information publicly available each year, but high schools are not required to disclose these data, making it difficult to ensure fairness in high school athletics programs. To address this problem the High School Sports Information Collection Act was introduced in the Senate. Take action now to support equal treatment in athletics programs and the High School Sports Information Collection Act.
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Support Dawn Johnsen for Assistant Attorney General
 The Senate will turn their attention to the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to be Assistant Attorney General of the vitally important Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Department of Justice. She has superb legal qualifications and a commitment to the rule of law. But, because Dawn Johnsen has worked to secure Roe v. Wade, she is the target of extreme conservative groups trying to turn back the tide on women’s rights. The Far Right has been generating calls against Dawn Johnsen’s nomination. Don’t give them the power to stop a qualified woman from being confirmed. Learn more about the issue or take action now.
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Support Latina Students in Our Schools
 Forty-one percent of Latina students do not graduate with their class in four years — if they graduate at all. Our new report, Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation, addresses the challenges facing Latina students in the United States. It also brings new voices to the conversation: those of Latina students and of adults who work with them. Learn more about the report and pledge to support Latina students.
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Share Your Story: Have You or Someone You Know Ever Sought Help for an Ectopic Pregnancy or a Miscarriage?
 For more than three decades, RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association and the National Women's Law Center have worked to protect a women's right to make reproductive choices, including the right to use reproductive technologies that enable her to have children. Our organizations are now partnering to protect and expand access to infertility treatment, as well as to identify and prevent medical practices that contribute to infertility. We encourage you to learn more about these issues and consider helping us in our efforts to protect women's access to timely, high-quality reproductive health care. If you or someone you know have ever been denied or delayed treatment for an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy that grows outside of the uterus) or a miscarriage, share your story now or learn more about this issue.
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Support An Agenda for Affordable, High-Quality Child Care
 Developing America’s Potential: An Agenda for Affordable High-Quality Child Care is the product of a historic collaboration of national and state organizations to craft a shared “blueprint” for the future of child care. It offers a solid framework for guiding the reauthorization for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and other opportunities for child care improvement in the new administration and new Congress. Learn more about how advocates can move the agenda forward by visiting our new website.
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