[Peace] REMINDER: Rally for EC . . . today (Thurs)!!!
Brooke Anderson
brooke at shout.net
Thu Oct 28 00:01:51 CDT 2004
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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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