Don't
know who your legislators are?
You can look it up at www.state.ri.us/vic/ or call Gisella at
421-7820 ext. 3114.
Notice
to Voters
This publication is paid for by Planned Parenthood VOTES! Rhode
Island. It is not authorized or approved by any candidate or
candidate's committee.
PPVRI PO BOX
41059, Providence, RI 02940
Planned
Parenthood VOTES! Rhode Island
is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit organization
formed as the political arm of Planned Parenthood of
Rhode Island. VOTES! engages in educational and electoral
activity including public education campaigns, grassroots
organizing, and legislative advocacy.
Candidates often do not give voters the information
they need to make important election decisions and many
anti-choice candidates try to hide their true agenda
until after the election. To combat this, VOTES! surveys
all statewide candidates running for office during each
election cycle, which is every two years. We ask them
a variety of questions pertaining to reproductive heath
care in an attempt to provide information to voters
in Rhode Island. We publish returned questionnaires
in a primary voter guide and again in a general election
voter guide.
The mission of
the VOTES! is:
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to encourage and protect informed individual choice
regarding reproductive health care;
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to advocated public policies which guarantee the right
to choice and full and non-discriminatory access to
health care; and
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to foster and preserve a social and political climate
favorable to the exercise of reproductive choice.
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WHAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE between PPRI
and VOTES! ?
Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island (PPRI) is a c3 organization
and Planned Parenthood VOTES! Rhode Island is a c4 organization;
they are two separate organizations, each with their own
tax status. They must raise funds independently to support
their work for reproductive health.
PPRI’s
mission
is to provide, promote, and protect access to reproductive
health care and sexuality education so that people can
make voluntary choices about their reproductive and sexual
health.
Donations to PPRI
are tax-deductible.
VOTES!
mission
is to encourage and protect informed individual choice
regarding reproductive health care, to foster and preserve
a social and political climate favorable to the exercise
of reproductive choice, and to advocate for and educate
about issues related to Planned Parenthood, to elect candidates
that support pro-choice, pro-family planning policies,
and to conduct grassroots lobbying and advocacy efforts.
Donations to VOTES!
are not tax-deductible.
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