Date: June 07, 2007 Time: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Organization:	Women Donors Network and National Council of Jewish Women
Location:	National Press Club, Holeman Lounge 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.
With the 42nd anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut as the backdrop, reproductive health advocates will unveil two new grassroots advocacy campaigns on Thursday, June 7, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. (Griswold is the landmark Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the right to birth control.) The grassroots advocacy efforts are aimed at mobilizing constituents to break the political logjam that has prevented progress on a comprehensive reproductive health policy in the United States. A new poll on voter support for birth control and prevention strategies also will be released at the briefing. The campaigns, – Plan A, sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), and BirthControlWatch.org, sponsored by the Women Donors Network (WDN) – reflect the views of many pro-choice leaders who believe it is now time to move forward on an agenda that puts prevention first and “outs” the opposition to birth control. They also mark the shifting of the political landscape on reproductive health to a broad agenda that focuses on prevention. Details on the briefing and background on the campaigns are as follows: Who: Phyllis Snyder, president, National Council of Jewish Women (New York City) Cristina Page, spokesperson, Birth Control Watch and author of How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America (New York City) Margery Loeb, member, Women Donors Network (Victoria, TX) Dr. Susan Wood, former assistant commissioner for women’s health, Food and Drug Administration (Washington, D.C.) Celinda Lake, pollster and president, Lake Research Partners (Washington, D.C.) What: Press briefing on two new grassroots advocacy efforts to mobilize voters on birth control, comprehensive sex education, contraceptive information and health services; release of new polling information of voter support of birth control, comprehensive sex education and prevention strategies. When: Thursday, June 7, 2007 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Announcement of Birth Control Watch and Plan A, two new birth control and comprehensive sex education advocacy efforts 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Release of a new poll on voter opinions of birth control, comprehensive sex education and prevention, based on questions BirthControlWatch.org will encourage people to ask their members of Congress