The WISH List is first and foremost a candidate recruitment, training and support network. However, our organization does monitor action and debate on key issues related to choice pending before Congress, the courts and state legislatures. Here are details on some important issues....
 
 
STEM CELL RESEARCH
The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act was passed and then vetoed by former President Bush in mid-2007. This bill would have allowed federal funds to be used for potentially life-saving research through the use of stem cells derived from human embryos created and then discarded during fertility treatments. The House and Senate both passed the bill with strong support from mainstream Republicans. 		  GLOBAL GAG RULE
This policy bans foreign organizations that receive federal family planning money from using their own, non-federal, funds to provide legal abortions or medical counseling about abortion. This regulation was reestablished by the Bush administration. Following that action, the U.S. House passed a partial repeal of the Global Gag Rule, and the Senate then approved its full repeal in an amendment by Sen. Olympia Snowe.
ANTI-CHOICE threats TO TITLE x FUNDs
 Title X funding is a vital component of many family planning services provided to millions of low-income women and families nationwide. Numerous amendments aimed at blocking Planned Parenthood and other clinics from receiving funds for family planning services have been defeated in the past with the help of key Republican moderates in both the House and the Senate.		 JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
The WISH List keeps close watch on appointments to federal courts - including the U.S. Supreme Court. This is an issue of great importance to WISH and its members. Our organization is committed to Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision recognizing a woman's fundamental right to choose. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
     
 

 

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