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Women’s PAC formed following abortion legislation
By Anita Kumar
A group of women has formed a new political action committee to recruit and support candidates to defeat elected officials who back the ultrasound and so-called personhood bills.
Women’s Strike Force, which boasts several former elected officials, formed after Virginia spent last week in national headlines for its attempt to require women to undergo mandatory trans-vaginal ultrasounds before an abortion.
“As a former member of the General Assembly and Virginia’s first woman in Congress, I fought for women’s rights in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s,” Leslie Byrne said in a statement. “We must move the commonwealth and the nation forward, not backslide to denying women rights.”
See the founding members below:
more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/womens-pac-formed-following-abortion-legislation/2012/02/27/gIQA360hdR_blog.html
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