Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion. – Louise Slaughter
Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program. – Louise Slaughter
And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women. – Louise Slaughter
As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bushs blatant disregard for science. – Louise Slaughter
Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour. We go forth austere, dedicated, believing in the iron links of Destiny, and will not turn on our heel to save our life: but a book, or a bust, or only the sound of a name, shoots a spark through the nerves, and we suddenly believe in will… – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men: Seven Lectures, “IV: Montaigne; Or, the