Fw: Join the Relay Race and Save Women's Lives

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Please read this and pass it on. I know 34 million seems like alot of

money, but compared to the billions we are spending on the war, it's a

pitance. We can help replace this money that was cut and bring health care

to women and children around the world. In the 21st century no woman should

be dying in childbirth,. No child should starve to death, and any new Hiv

case contributes to the further spread of a disease that we should easily be

able to avoid with education through proper healthcare.

I know that the forward does seem to have a somewhat political slant, but it

is just a statement of the facts. I'm not debating the political points, as

this is obviously a budget cut that can be made up by those of us who can

afford to give a little something to make up the cuts. Heck if we can even

get a million women to give 34 bucks it would completely cover the cut. But

any amount will help.

Sorry to the autoimmune group if this steps over our no-politics rule I'll

go to my corner, but I felt that the health issues at stake overrode the

politics of the message.

Kathy

Join the Relay Race and Save Women's Lives

> Dear kathryne,

>

> In 2002, the United States broke a very important promise to the world.

> Purely for political reasons*, the Bush administration withheld $34

> million in funding that had been previously committed to UNFPA, the

> United Nations Population Fund - money that would provide much

> needed health care to the world's poorest women and children.

>

> $34 million dollars would go a long way to bringing health care to women

> and children in the world's poorest regions. That is why we need your

> help: http://www.care2.com/go/z/unfpa5/1030

>

> Every minute, another woman dies needlessly in the agony of childbirth.

> She may leave behind a devastated family, and young children who will fail

> to thrive. And for every woman who dies, 30 are injured or disabled.

Almost

> all of these tragedies are preventable with modern medicine that so many

> of us take for granted.

>

> No woman should have to suffer like this. We have a plan to help:

> http://www.care2.com/go/z/unfpa5/1030

>

> Two women in the U.S recognized that if 34 million people each sent a

> dollar to UNFPA, we could start a movement: not just to help replace the

> money cut by the Bush Administration, but to make a statement to the

> Administration and the rest of the world that we care and believe the U.S.

> government should fund UNFPA.

>

> We care about the 500,000 women who die each year during childbirth. We

> care about the 77,000 infants and children who will die due to the loss of

U.S.

> funding for UNFPA. We care about preventing the 14,000 new HIV/AIDS

> cases that happen each day.

>

> People do care, over $1.6 million has been raised, and the movement is

growing.

>

> You can help us by participating in a " web relay race for our sisters. "

>

> How it works:

> 1) Donate at least one dollar to the 34 Million Friends campaign:

> http://www.care2.com/go/z/unfpa5/1030

>

> 2) Forward this message on to at least 4 (or better yet 34) people who

> care about the health of women and children throughout the globe and copy

> info@... on the email.

>

> Because you are copying us on the email, we can track each time someone

> " passes the baton " in this relay. The 1000th message that we receive will

> be the winner. The winner of this web relay race will get an official

> UNFPA t-shirt, bumper sticker and peace of mind, knowing that they

> helped someone today.

>

> Thank you for caring,

> Rose Liston

> Care2 and The Petition Site Team

>

>

> * President Bush announced that he was withholding funding because the

> UNFPA allegedly supported the Chinese government in coercing women to

> undergo abortions and sterilizations. However, a U.S. State Department

> investigation revealed that the UNFPA did not support the Chinese

> government's policies in any way. Their recommendation was to reinstate

> U.S. funding for the UNFPA.

>

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