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December 22, 2008
The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, along with other members
of the progressive pro-choice community, recently met with key representatives
of the Obama-Biden Transition Project. The purpose of the meeting was to
present “Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration,”
a document endorsed by 63 medical, public health, research, religious and
religiously-affiliated, women’s health, legal and other advocacy organizations
outlining our priorities for addressing the reproductive health needs of
this nation and the world. Among these priorities are:
Prioritize prevention;
Improve access to abortion care;
Support healthy pregnancies;
Guarantee access to comprehensive, quality, affordable health care for all;
Reclaim America’s global leadership on reproductive health;
Restore integrity to the government’s public health decision-making
processes;
Invest in research and initiatives to improve women’s health; and
Appoint judges and executive officials who are highly qualified and committed
to individual rights and justice.
Melody Barnes, who will be Director of the White House Domestic Policy
Council in the Obama Administration, told the group that the transition
team hears our voices and takse these issues seriously. Bill Corr, another
senior Obama official, stated that the Agency Review Team is looking at
reproductive health issues that require immediate attention and giving precedence
to those issues that can be handled administratively. Other senior Obama
appointees who will play major roles in the development of health care reform
and reproductive health policy were also in attendance.
Read the document, “Advancing
Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration,” in its
entirety.
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