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Over 80 Citizens Picket Senator Winkel's Office In Urbana |
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by Ben Grosser
Email: grosser (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified!) |
12 May 2003
Modified: 01:54:00 PM |
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Over 80 local citizens picket Senator Winkel's office urging him to vote YES on HB 211 which mandates contraceptive coverage as a part of health insurance. |
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Over 80 local citizens turned out at Illinois Senator Rick Winkel's office today to urge him to vote yes for House Bill 211. House Bill 211 mandates that health insurance providers include coverage for women's prescription contraceptives.
After picketing on the street for nearly an hour, representatives of the group hand delivered a letter --urging that Winkel vote yes on HB 211--signed by everyone in attendance at the Senator's office. Upon finding that the Senator was not in, they subsequently called Winkel's Springfield office and everyone present vocalized their views.
More photographs of this event can be seen at:
http://www.itg.uiuc.edu/people/grosser/photo/hb211/
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See also:
http://www.ucimc.org/newswire/display/11794/index.php
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