By trustwomen • 13 years ago

Why Trust Women PAC?

For over 30 years, Dr. George Tiller and his dedicated staff kept the doors of Women’s Health Care Services in Wichita, Kansas open despite constant harassment from anti- choice activists and politicians and routine violence from anti-choice terrorists.

Two primary factors made this possible. The first was Dr. Tiller’s own immense personal courage and commitment, and that of his staff, to providing women and families with the best, most respectful medical care possible. The second was ProKanDo PAC, which Dr. Tiller founded in 2002, and which Julie Burkhart, its CEO and the doctor’s top political advisor, turned into the state’s largest, most powerful political action committee.

Together, in league with its supporters, ProKanDo built a targeted political machine in Kansas that recruited, trained, funded, and elected pro-choice candidates. ProKanDo also worked legislatively to prevent bad bills from reaching the floor, defeat the ones that slipped through, and to encourage the governor to veto those that passed.

ProKanDo PAC worked. Nothing prevented Dr. Tiller from serving the women and families who sought his care — and whose grateful letters literally papered his walls. It took an  anti-choice terrorist’s bullet to end his life and close his clinic’s doors. But that didn’t put an end to the need for Dr. Tiller’s services, nor has it stopped his brave colleagues from carrying on their work.
Julie Burkhart has founded Trust Women PAC (TWP) to continue Dr. Tiller’s legacy. We’re the only national organization with a specific focus on protecting, through political and legislative action, the rights of the handful of physicians who provide later terminations of pregnancy and the rights of women and families to access these services.
TWP has both the freedom and the experience to take the lead in protecting those rights. Why?
Because TWP can bring a strong pro-choice advocacy and organizing presence to key races where anti-choice forces have gained momentum and strength.
Interested in being a part of our mission and following our progress? Follow @TrustWomenPAC on twitter. Contribute to our campaigns to help us respect and protect women and doctors. Let us know what races and campaigns we should be involved with nation-wide. Together, we can continue Dr. Tiller’s work and make sure that all women are treated with kindness, courtesy, justice, love and respect.

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