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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Send a Copy of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' to Every Member of Congress

Feministing • October 24, 2012

> Seems we have some members of Congress who couldn’t pass seventh grade Biology, and yet, they’re still allowed to write and pass legislation that gets all up in women’s… business.  
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> So, the smart people over at Our Bodies, Ourselves have started a campaign to get a copy of their seminal book into every single congressional office, so that no lawmaker can ever use ignorance of how the human body works as an excuse for draconian anti-women legislation.

  
**Read the full story:** [Send a Copy of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' to Every Member of Congress](http://feministing.com/2012/10/24/send-a-copy-of-our-bodies-ourselves-to-every-member-of-congress/) by Chloe

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