Over fifty percent
of the United States’ population is females. 156,964,212 females live in the
United States of America (according to the 2012 Census). About 40,674,963
cannot vote but are still affected by government policies. Women’s equality has
never been rightly represented, but President Barack Obama has helped reach necessities
important in every woman’s life. By passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,
women are now able to fight for their rights in the workforce. Before, many women
were being discriminated based on their gender, being underpaid and
underestimated in their capabilities. In 2006 The New York Times
reported that women make up fifty eight percent of the nation’s college
students and according to the Department of Education, women are more likely to
receive a bachelor’s degree than men and receive better grades.
Women are continuing
to rise in many levels including education and the work force. In order to
maintain and increase the amount of extremely successful, powerful women, they
must be healthy and able to work hard and succeed. Women’s health is so
important to the lives of many. Women are the ones who provide our nation with
the next generation and who are continually contributing to the higher
intellect of our country as a whole. If women are struggling with their health
and not having an outreach to help them through wonderful and/ or difficult
times, such as pregnancy or cancer, they will lose focus on their advancement
in society. President Barack Obama has helped to increase and better women’s
rights to healthcare.
Planned Parenthood
is an organization dedicated to helping women. Just last year they provided 2.2
million people with birth control, more than four million STD tests and
treatments and 1.5 million cancer screenings. With Obama’s Affordable Care Act,
Planned Parenthood has been able to extend its services including well-woman
visits, necessary for all women’s development and aging; screening for
gestational diabetes, a risk women have
during pregnancy; Human papillomuvirus (HPV) testing at no cost for at-risk
women once they reach the age of thirty; Counseling for STI’s; HIV counseling and screening, which is very
important because women are at a higher risk of it than men; Contraceptive
methods and counseling, one in three women have reported not being able to
afford birth control; Breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling, important
for both the health of the child and mother; and screening and counseling for
interpersonal and domestic violence, twenty five percent of women have reported
to being victims of domestic violence, many more victims don’t report it
because they don’t know where to go for help and support. Planned Parenthood is
an amazing program designed for women with both help and support.
Mitt Romney has threatened to cut all
government funding for Planned Parenthood and has said that is the first thing
he will do once in office. Romney’s own wife, Ann Romney, a mother of five, was
diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis in 1998, her sickness deeply affected Mitt, the
time she was ill was some of their darkest days. How could a man who has dealt
so closely with women’s health, knowing and experiencing the difficulties, both
physically and emotionally, of getting through it, take away such a resourceful
program? Mitt is a twit and Barack is our rock. He has brought us women out of
the shadows of men and implemented what is rightfully ours. If you are a man
and think that women’s rights have nothing to do with you, think about all of
the women around you that will be directly affected by who is elected; your
mother, grandmother, aunts, cousins, sisters, peers, teachers, colleagues. Make
the right choice, for yourself and for others. Vote to reelect Barack Obama and
watch our nation continue to move forward.
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