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Example letter to state representative or senator
requesting s/he cosponsor the Reproductive Privacy Act.
Dear Representative (Her name): I would like you to cosponsor the Reproductive Privacy Act sporsored by Representative Sara Feigenholtz. Counting on Roe v. Wade to protect a woman's right to make reproductive decisions without government interference is just too risky. If Roe is overturned the Illinois Abortion Act of 1975 (720ILCS510) could make abortion unavailable to Illinois women and subject Illinois doctors to criminal charges. We can't risk going back to the days before Roe. Before Roe it is estimated that between 200,000 and 1.2 million illegally induced abortions occurred annually . As many as 5,000 to 10,000 women died per year following illegal abortions and many other suffered sever physical and psychological injury. Using the before Roe percentages (Center for Reproductive Rights, 2007) and data on abortion in Illinois (Guttmacher, 2002) that could mean that 636 to 3,184 Illinois women would die if abortion were illegal. I urge you to cosponsor the Reproductive Privacy Act to protect women's lives. Sincerely;
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Example letter to state representative or senator requesting s/he cosponsor the Reproductive Privacy Act.
Dear Representative I would like you to cosponsor the Reproductive Privacy Act sponsored by Representative Sara Feigenholtz. The Reproductive Privacy Act ensures that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to bear a child or to choose and to obtain an abortion and that every individual has the fundamental right to choose or refuse to use birth control including emergency contraception. Making abortion illegal or hard to get doesn't stop women from having them. History has shown that women worldwide, when faced with an unwanted pregnancy, seek abortions regardless of the legality of the procedure. This legislation would protect between 636 to 3184 Illinois women per year who would seek and die from illegal abortions (Center for Reproductive Rights, 2007) Risks of legal abortions have been greatly exaggerated. In fact the childbirth is more dangerous. The risk of death associated with childbirth is about 12 times as high as that associated with legal abortions. Keeping the right to reproductive privacy is a matter of saving women's lives. I urge you to support the Reproductive Privacy Act.
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