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Monday, May 21st, Burlington City Council Meeting – Introduction & Vote on Patient Safety Zone

Patient Safety Zone Resolution FAQ

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England strongly supports the Patient Safety Zone resolution. The proposed Patient Safety Zone protects the privacy and safety of patients and staff, while also preserving the rights of individual freedom of speech. PPNNE is committed to providing high quality health care and the privacy and safety of patients, staff, and volunteers are our top priority

Contact your city councilors today and let them know you support the Patient Safety zone resolution. Councilors need to hear that the community supports them in providing safe access to reproductive health care. (Identify Your Councilor)

Join us at City Hall on May 21 at 7 p.m. at the council meeting and show your support for access to reproductive health care without obstruction.

Thursday, May 26th, Phone Bank into North Dakota
PPNNE will be phone banking on Thursday, May 24th 3rd 6pm-9pm to call North Dakotans about the dangers of Measure 3.  It’s critical we help out and ensure Measure 3 fails. For more information on Measure 3 visit http://ndagainst3.com/
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Past Events

April 28, 2012  Unite Against the War on Women: Rally for Women’s Rights
State House Lawn, Montpelier
Vermonter’s from all over the state came  together to support access to reproductive health care services and voicing our opposition to the war on women.

May 1,  2012 Worker’s Center Rally: Put People First
State House Lawn, Montpelier
PPNNE was well represented at one of the biggest gatherings of concerned citizens of the year organized by the Vermont Worker’s Center,  Vermonters will converge on the State House Lawn in Montpelier to unite in our our struggles for universal health care, education, housing, childcare, workers’ rights, women’s rights, disability rights, migrant justice and a healthy environment and livable planet into one huge march and rally of solidarity and support.
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Take Back the Night April 11, 2012
The rally was sponsored by the University of Vermont’s Women’s Center and H.O.P.E. Works, which offers multiple resources for victims such as group and individual counseling, as well as a hotline and online chatting.
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March is Get Yourself Tested Month!
VOX at the University of Vermont tabled for five separate days over the course of three weeks in March for the GYT Campaign and promoting the new downtown Burlington health center. We had sign-up sheets and an interactive STD true/false game. Then for a week in April we did a GYT photo campaign where we walked around on UVM’s campus with signs that said “GYT” and asked students to take photos with them.
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Vermont Legislature Passes Roe Resolution!
February 10, 2012
House resolution commemorating the 39th anniversary of Roe v Wade and reaffirming support for its fundamental holding and principles. Read More
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Gov. Peter Shumlin statement for April 28, 2012 UNITE Women VT’s rally at the State House

Press Release

VT Governor Shumlin

April 28, 2012

Contact: Susan Allen

802-279-8493

“We must all stand up for women when we find that their most basic rights are under attack.

At a time when Vermonters and Americans are focused on job creation and economic security, we have been forced back into a national conversation about the same issues my mother fought for in the 1960s, and won. It is almost beyond belief that we are still having a debate in this country about the right of a woman to access contraceptives.  I stand with you to say no person, organization, or government should restrict this choice. Just as frightening are the countless pieces of proposed  legislation around the country attempting to rob women of basic reproductive health care rights and cut family planning funding for low-income patients.

I stand with you against these draconian laws. Currently there is a debate in Washington about whether to reauthorize the federal Violence Against Women Act. I stand with you to tell Congress to act decisively and protect women against the threat of domestic and sexual violence.

Rather than regressing to

a painful time in our history when women did not receive fair treatment, we should be continuing to move forward by working to ensure that women have more access to educational programs traditionally dominated by men, that they run for political office, and receive equal compensation for their work.

This is an optimistic, hopeful and innovative nation. In Vermont and the United States, it is clear that we have an extraordinarily bright future if we continue to respect the rights and individual choices of all people, regardless of their gender.”

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