Issues
Important Democratic Issues
SENSIBLE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
DID YOU KNOW?
- Firearms are the #1 killer of children. & teens in 2020 (surpassing car accidents)
- American children are 9 X more likely to die from guns than children in other developed nations
- Since 2017, more school age children have been killed by guns than police officers & active military personnel.
- 9 out of 10 firearm suicide attempts result in death.
DEMS WANT!!!
- Bans and regulation on assault weapons & high-capacity magazines.
- Universal Background Check laws.
- No guns in K-12 schools.
- Closing private sale and gun show loopholes.
- Secure gun storage laws.
- Red flag laws.
- Gun safety locks & finger identification.Toggle
WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
DID YOU KNOW?
- After the Supreme Court ruling on June 24, 2022 that states now determine our reproductive freedom.
- 99% of US House Republicans voted against a federal law protecting abortion rights.
- 97% of US House Republicans voted against protecting interstate travel for reproductive health care.
- 96% of US House Republicans voted against protecting access to CONTRACEPTION
***Read the bills at clerk.house.gov, under Legislative Action.
To see how your Representative voted, visit Roll Call Votes.
DEMS WANT!!!
- The woman’s right to choose: to defend a doctors’ ability to practice medicine and women’s right to privacy.
- PA’s current common sense abortion laws, requiring: parental notification of patients under 18, doctor consultation, a 24 hr waiting period, & allows abortion after 24 weeks if a mother’s life or health is endangered.
- And ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION!
