NEW: Over 300 Women Join to Launch 'Women for Cicilline'

NEW: Over 300 Women Join to Launch 'Women for Cicilline'

On the heels of endorsements from two powerful national women’s groups, the Cicilline for Congress campaign rolled out a “Women for Cicilline” Leadership Team consisting of over three hundred women from every city and town in the First District. Also, the campaign announced the first of several Women Taking Action house parties. Starting today, women volunteers across CD1 will be hosting their friends and neighbors for “action parties” where they will call women voters in their communities and write personal postcards to them to spread the message of exactly what is at stake in this election.

“What the Republicans have tried to do to women these last 18 months has been completely outrageous,” said Congressman David Cicilline. “From voting to defund Planned Parenthood and undermine access to contraception to blocking legislation that would help women achieve equal pay for equal work and failing to support stronger protections under the Violence Against Women Act, they have been waging an all-out assault on women. I am proud to have the endorsement of Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America and I am proud to stand up for women every day.”

Both national women’s groups have endorsed David in part because he is the only person in either the primary or the general election they trust to defend women’s rights. “With women’s rights under attack, we need someone we can always count on to protect a woman’s right to choose…” added Nancy Keenan, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America.

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The first “Women Taking Action” house party will be tonight in Middletown.