[Peace-discuss] REMINDER: Rally for EC . . . today (Thurs)!!!

[Brooke Anderson]

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   Community Rally for Access to Emergency Contraception
   http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/EC/EC_rally.html

        TODAY: Thursday, October 28th, 2004   . . .  RAIN OR SHINE!
        5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

        Mini Park II, SE corner of Green & Neil
        across from Osco Drug Store, Champaign, IL

   Transportation to the rally available upon request

   FREE DESERT PROVIDED BY FOOD NOT BOMBS

   Please RSVP: http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/EC/EC_rally.html
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GET EDUCATED!    Emergency Contraception (EC) is a special dose of 
ordinary birth control pills that can prevent unintended pregnancies 
if taken up to five days after unprotected intercourse. EC is most 
effective the sooner it is taken, but because EC currently requires a 
prescription, many woman cannot get EC in time for it to be effective.

GET INVOLVED!     Join us at the rally to support measures that would 
increase women's access to EC by making it available for sale 
over-the-counter, without a prescription. Help us distribute 
information about EC, get petitions signed, encourage pharmacies to 
stock EC, and spread the word about EC to women in our community!

GET A PRESCRIPTION!    A physician will be on hand to write 
prescriptions for women who wish to purchase a dose of EC to keep 
available in the event of unprotected sex, contraceptive failure, or 
sexual assault. The physician's fee will be waived, and women can 
fill their EC prescriptions ($29.99) next door at Osco Drug Store 
following the rally.

RALLY CO-SPONSORS: 85% Coalition, Activist Forum, Anti-War 
Anti-Racism Effort, A Woman's Fund, Campus Acquaintance Rape 
Education & the UIUC Office of Women's Programs, Campus for Choice, 
Center for Democracy in Multicultural Society, Champaign County 
American Civil Liberties Union, Champaign County Health Care 
Consumers, Champaign County National Organization for Women, College 
Democrats, Community United Church of Christ, El Centro por los 
Trabajadores, Feminist Majority, Food Not Bombs, Illinois Disciples 
Foundation, Men Against Sexual Violence, Northwest Chicago Choice, 
Pandora's Rag, Planned Parenthood of Decatur, Planned Parenthood of 
East Central Illinois, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative, Rape 
Crisis Services, School for Designing a Society, Socialist Forum, 
Student Alliance for Multicultural Education, Student American Civil 
Liberties Union, Student NAACP, Student National Organization for 
Women, U-C Independent Medica Center Steering Group, Union of 
Professional Employees, Unitarian Universalist Church Social Action 
Committee, United Church of Christ Campus Ministry, Women's Direct 
Action Collective, Women's Health Task Force, Women's Studies, and 
the YWCA and YMCA of the University of Illinois.

For more information, contact Champaign County Health Care Consumers 
at (217) 352-6533, ext. 17 or at brooke at shout.net.

Sincerely,
Brooke Anderson

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Brooke Anderson, Community Organizer
Champaign County Health Care Consumers
44 E. Main St., Suite 208
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone = (217) 352-6533, x 17
Fax = (217) 352-9745
Email = brooke at shout.net
Web = http://www.healthcareconsumers.org
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