Bera - The Clear Choice on Women's Issues
https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2016/09/bera-clear-choice-on-womens-issues.html
September 20, 2016 |
Sheriff Scott Jones,
running against Congressman Ami Bera in the 7th Congressional District race,
has stated he will be voting for Donald Trump in November and, as far as we can
tell, has not repudiated any of Trump's statements denigrating women.
High among Donald Trump's most outrageous utterances have been his
episodic attacks on women. These tirades, insults and slurs, like many others, seem
to be triggered by his thin-skinned intolerance for criticism or for questions
he doesn't want to address.
So far, Candidate Trump has referred to women as "pigs," demeaned
the facial qualities of a then-fellow GOP candidate, Carly Fiorina, suggested
that a debate moderator's tough questioning was related to her menstrual cycle,
opined that mothers who violate any ban against abortions should be criminally
prosecuted, and speculated that the reason the grieving Muslim mother of
American war hero, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, did not join her husband in
speaking at the Democratic Convention was because her culture did not allow it.
Candidate Trump's disrespect for women is relevant not only to the
Presidential contest but also locally because Sacramento County Sheriff Scott
Jones is voting for Trump. He's said this does not mean he's endorsing Trump. But
a vote is the most definitive, tangible form of endorsement. The good Sheriff can't
have it both ways. He's either for Trump or against him.
On top of that, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department under Jones'
leadership recently was ordered by a court to pay a combined $3.6 million in
damages to four female deputies who were retaliated against for complaining
about discrimination and preferential treatment. Most recently, the judge who
heard the case reaffirmed his earlier ruling that the county must pay $5.3
million in fees to the plaintiffs' attorneys.
In contrast, Congressman Bera has a long, unblemished record of
supporting women's issues. As a physician, he has been a tireless advocate for
women's health. He believes health care decisions should be between a woman and
her doctor.
As a Congressman, he has co-sponsored numerous bills whose purposes
range from equal pay for women, to ensuring affordable abortion coverage and
care, access to contraception, and reauthorization of the Violence Against
Women Act. He has opposed several efforts by Republicans to restrict women's
access to reproductive health care and to impose criminal penalties on women
for seeking care. He has also opposed legislation to defund Planned Parenthood.
In recognition of his "vision, leadership, and integrity" in
protecting and advancing access to reproductive health care, Planned Parenthood
in 2015 presented Dr. Bera its "Champions for Women's Health" award,
an honor bestowed on a single member of the House and the Senate each year.
For those of us who believe women's issues are of vital importance, we
have clear choices to make at both at the Presidential and Congressional levels
this November.
Kendra Lewis – Rancho Murieta Nancy Fox - Wilton
Kate Van Buren – Sacramento Jo
Souvignier - Carmichael
Myrna Solomon – Rancho Murieta Glenna Sansone – Carmichael
Jane Hansjerger – Elk Grove Marcia
Launey - Sacramento
Marcia Blount – Rancho Cordova Angela Taylor – Elk Grove
Lena Spence – Wilton Jolene
Matson – Elk Grove
Post a Comment