Heidi Eckert urges young women to get politically active (by mikewstagg)
My speech from the April 28th Unite Women rally in Baton Rouge. I hate watching myself, but I am also proud of myself for speaking out. I never would have imagined I’d have the confidence to do that. And the microphone is too high ;)
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Ashley Heyer, Southeast Louisiana Press Liaison for Unite Women, and Ashley Baggett, State Coordinator for Unite Women Louisiana, delivered the opening statements at the Baton Rouge Unite Women’s Rally held on April 28.
Ms. Heyer described her shock at the realization about just how much of the war on women is focused not on abortion, but on restricting birth control. The shock was intensified by the fact that members of her family have been physicians.
She introduced Ashley Baggett who recounted her own experience as a survivor of domestic abuse and how that experience changed her.
Julie Mickleberry, director of Public Policy for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, spoke about pending legislative threats to women’s rights to health care at the Unite Women rally in Baton Rouge, on Saturday, April 28. She discussed specific bills under consideration in the Louisiana Legislature that warrant either concerted opposition or support.
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