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PPCPPF Helps Get Out the Vote:
South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families


Abortion rights were at high risk of being lost this past November. 
The good news:  the abortion ban was roundly defeated!

We sent one of our own, Gretchen Raffa, to the front lines of South Dakota. 
Read about her experiences as she spent a week facing the opposition. 
Click on her text to see that day's entry, or click here to read her moving story
in its entirety.

Day One:  11/1/06
They are working all day and night to beat this and just from spending a day with them I feel like they definitely have the power to win this...

Day Two: 11/2/06
It is amazing how in just a day in a half here I have realized just how much I take for granted living in pro-choice CT...

Day Three: 11/3/06
What has been so difficult for me to figure out is why volunteers aren't flooding their office...it seems crazy to me that there aren't hundreds of women jumping at every chance to help fight this...

Day Four: 11/4/06
I have never worked this hard on a campaign and I am so amazed at the time and effort that is put into everyday...

Days Five & Six:  11/5 - 11/6/06
After 8 hours of canvassing on Saturday and 4 hours Sunday I have had the chance to talk to some really great people and some very scary ones as well...

Back home:
I know I still have yet to find the words to describe my experience but at this moment I feel tremendous relief and hope that with the right people leading us...we can win the war on women that is happening in our country...

Moving Forward in Connecticut:
I realized more importantly how lucky I am to live and work in a
pro-choice state..
.

See pictures from her South Dakota experience.

Inspired by Gretchen's story?

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