[Mb-civic] On Right, Left, Time For Action - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

<>On Right, Left, Time For Action
Activists Launch Long-Ready Efforts

By Michael A. Fletcher and Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 20, 2005; Page A13

Just after learning that President Bush planned to nominate federal 
appellate judge John G. Roberts Jr. for the Supreme Court, NARAL 
Pro-Choice America sent an electronic action alert yesterday to its 
800,000-person network, encouraging members to call their senators and 
talk to friends about their opposition.

The abortion rights group also sent out 30,000 e-mails to its activists 
around the country last night, outlining talking points explaining its 
opposition to Roberts, and furnishing sample letters to be sent to local 
newspapers and background on the nominee. The group planned to follow up 
today with calls to its 27 national affiliates, keeping them abreast of 
any new information about Roberts, who was appointed to the U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2003.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/19/AR2005071901838.html

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