Jenny Brown
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Join feminist activists from the Morning-After Pill Conspiracy as we break
the law to make the Morning-After Pill Over-The-Counter at the March for
Women's Lives Sunday in DC!
WHEN/WHERE: 11:30am on the Mall, at Jefferson & 12th St SW.
IF YOU ARE MEETING PEOPLE AT THE MARCH, TELL THEM TO MEET YOU AT THIS
LOCATION!
WHAT/WHY: Join us on Sunday as we defy the prescription requirement by
illegally distributing the Morning-After Pill. (Also, during this action, Dr.
Linda Prine and other medical practitioners will hand out Morning-After Pill
prescriptions to any woman who wants one.)
Winning MAP over-the-counter is a way for the feminist movement in the US to
be on the offensive, to win something at a time when it seems like all we
are constantly fighting all the rollbacks on our rights. Besides condoms,
no other form of birth control has ever been available at a drug store to
just pick up when we need it, much less a birth control method that you can
use AFTER sex. The Food and Drug Administration has unjustly delayed ruling
on over-the-counter status for the Morning-After Pill in an attempt to
prevent women from having access to this safe, effective form of birth
control.
The FDA is supposed to make a decision by May 21st - we have to act fast to
show that women won't stand for anything less than over-the-counter access!
WHO: The Morning-After Pill Conspiracy, which includes:
Over 600 women have signed the pledge to "Give a Friend the Morning-After
Pill" any time she needs it, the following organizations:
NOW NY State Reproductive Rights Task Force
Gainesville (Fla.) Area NOW
University of Florida Campus NOW
Redstockings Allies and Veterans
Gainesville (Fla.) Women's Liberation
Florida NOW Young Feminist Task Force
For more information on this action, please contact:
MAPconspiracy.org
MAPConspiracy04 at hotmail.com
Florida:
Stephanie Seguin, Gainesville Area NOW, Gainesville Women's Liberation
Phone: (352) 380-9934 Cell: (352) 281-7454
New York:
Erin Mahoney, NOW - NY State Reproductive Rights Task Force
Phone: (212) 216-1841 Cell: (917) 842-5306