the final stretch
i spent most of the day phone banking for obama (i called voters in virginia, wisconsin, and pennsylvania) and against proposition 8.
now i am in the home stretch. i just got home, and i am calling voters to urge them to vote NO on proposition 4 from home (since i used to work at planned parenthood, they are allowing me to phone bank from home).
this is my script:
Hello, My name is Karen, and I'm a volunteer with No on Proposition 4. May I please speak with ___________?
Hello, my name is Karen, and I'm a volunteer with No on Proposition 4. I have an important message about teen safety to share with you.
Proposition 4 on November's ballot requires parental notification for an abortion. Parents rightfully want to be involved in their teenagers' lives, but laws can't mandate family communication, and some teens live in dangerous homes where communication just isn't possible.
Scared, pregnant teens who can't go to their parents may take matters into their own hands, seek illegal back alley abortions, or even consider suicide.
While laws like this may sound good, in the real world they put thousands of teens in real danger.
That's why the California Teachers Association and the California Nurses Association join Planned Parenthood in urging you to VOTE NO on Prop 4. The most important thing is keeping our teens safe.
no on 4, y'all! for all of the reasons stated above!
now i am in the home stretch. i just got home, and i am calling voters to urge them to vote NO on proposition 4 from home (since i used to work at planned parenthood, they are allowing me to phone bank from home).
this is my script:
Hello, My name is Karen, and I'm a volunteer with No on Proposition 4. May I please speak with ___________?
Hello, my name is Karen, and I'm a volunteer with No on Proposition 4. I have an important message about teen safety to share with you.
Proposition 4 on November's ballot requires parental notification for an abortion. Parents rightfully want to be involved in their teenagers' lives, but laws can't mandate family communication, and some teens live in dangerous homes where communication just isn't possible.
Scared, pregnant teens who can't go to their parents may take matters into their own hands, seek illegal back alley abortions, or even consider suicide.
While laws like this may sound good, in the real world they put thousands of teens in real danger.
That's why the California Teachers Association and the California Nurses Association join Planned Parenthood in urging you to VOTE NO on Prop 4. The most important thing is keeping our teens safe.
no on 4, y'all! for all of the reasons stated above!