Health Care Reform Day of Action is tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania will be joining the thousands of supporters of health care reform in a national day of action!

At 10 a.m. we will be heading to the University of Pittsburgh and Chatham University campuses to video students individual health care stories. These stories are one of the most valuable tools we have to show why it is so important that we address health care reform responsibly. We will also be doing a mobile phone bank into Senators Specter and Casey's offices so the folks we encounter can let their representative know that health care reform must not leave women worse off after health care then they were before!

Weekly Policy Recap

Amie Newman has an excellent post up about private insurers adverse treatment of women at RHRealityCheck.org.

Abortion and unintended pregnancy rates are declining as access to contraception becomes more available. Who would have thought?

Al Franken makes us proud yet again.

Certain conservative radio shows are pulling out all the stops to discredit independent thinking by republican women Senators Snowe and Collins. Surprise, surprise: they are using outright misogynistic messaging to make their point. Tsk, tsk gentlemen. Not that we were expecting anything different, but heck, it’s Friday. Give us a break already.

This week in progressive entertainment...

Everyone who lives here knows, there is no shortage of great progressive events in Pittsburgh. This weekend (and the upcoming week) is no exception. Today marks the opening of the 24th Annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and despite its international title, there are several great films made locally about local issues.

Personally, I am so happy to see Out In The Silence on the schedule (and for free no less!).

Check out the synopsis here. The film will be playing this Tuesday, October 20th at CMU in the McConomy Auditorium.