Why Women Should Vote: Fact Sheets

The 2010 midterm elections will have a critical effect on whether women and families will get the helping hand they need in these difficult times. In the coming months, Congress is poised to make decisions on a host of critical issues, including unemployment insurance, health insurance coverage, and other important supports for struggling families.

Women’s votes make an important difference, and we can't afford for women to sit this one out. To learn more, read our fact sheets on Why Women Should Vote.  If women don’t show up to vote, we’ll all lose.

• Why Women Should Vote: To Make the Economy Work for Women and Families!
• Why Women Should Vote: For Help in Meeting Family and Work Responsibilities!
• Why Women Should Vote: To Ensure Everyone Gets A Good Education!
• Why Women Should Vote: To Get Single Mothers the Support They Need!
• Why Women Should Vote: To Make Sure that Courts Protect Women's Legal Rights!
• Why Women Should Vote: To Make Sure Women Have Information and Options to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies and Make Their Own Decision about Reproductive Health Care!
• Why Women Should Vote: To Obtain Equal Pay and Job Opportunities!
• Why Women Should Vote: To Protect Social Security!
• Why Women Should Vote: To Rectify Long-Standing Inequities in Women's Health and Make Health Insurance More Affordable for Women and Their Families!