Planned Parenthood to Sarah Palin: You are NOT our Candidate

Planned Parenthood has sent out an email specifically outlining why Sarah Palin is NOT the choice for women. Here is the text:

Dear Sarah Palin,

You are not our candidate.

You are not our candidate because you required women in Wasilla to pay for their own medical examinations after being raped.

You are not our candidate because you do not support a woman's right to choose, even in the case of rape or incest.

You are not our candidate because you've cut funding for teen moms and comprehensive sex education, while promoting failed abstinence-only programs.

You are not our candidate because, as vice president — a heartbeat away from the presidency — you would jeopardize health care for women everywhere.

We are teachers, doctors, athletes, programmers, artists, lawyers, secretaries, CEOs, students, designers, nurses, factory workers, mothers, and fathers. We are conservatives and liberals, Democrats and Republicans, country and city people. We are women and men. We are voters. We are the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

We believe in a woman's right to choose and the right of every person to have access to complete reproductive health care. We are hundreds of thousands strong, and we are doing everything we can to make sure you are not elected.

You are not our candidate.

There has been some talk of Sarah Palin drawing women voters away from Obama and closing the gender gap between the parties. I don't believe this will happen to any substantial degree. Why would any woman who isn't already a right wing idealogue vote for people like McCain-Palin who want to take away her rights, oppose equal pay for equal work, oppose choice, and even punish rape victims? Answer: they WON'T.

Read the official Planned Parenthood endorsement of Obama-Biden here.

Read the National Organization for Women endorsement of Obama-Biden here.

Read NARAL-Pro-Choice America's endorsement of Obama here.