From the International Women’s Health Coalition, a call to action to support Dominican Women’s Rights. About the situation in the DR:
Recently, President Leonel Fernandez proposed new Constitutional language to establish the right to life from conception. Women’s rights and health advocates, led by Colectiva Mujer y Salud, are concerned that this new language could make it illegal for women to use contraceptives or assisted reproduction and stop any progress on making abortion safe and legal.
You can take action two ways:
(1) Sign a petition, asking the President Leonel Fernandez and Vice President Julio Cesar Valentin Jiminian to stand strong for women’s rights, and
(2) Send a letter to the President and Vice President to express your concern women’s rights are being eroded in the Constitutional reform process and demand that they stand up for women’s rights and health. Read a sample letter, Spanish language only, here.