Using her star status in the political arena, Natalie Portman stepped out on Saturday (August 25) to lend her celebrity to President Barack Obama's campaign re-election efforts.
The "Black Swan" beauty spoke to a group of more than 300 women at the Historic Fifth Street School auditorium in Las Vegas as part of the Nevada Women Vote 2012 Summit.
Talking about her decision to back Obama, Miss Portman said in a recent interview, "I think the thing that is most upsetting in the past four years is how partisan they've been in blocking Obama's reforms. All of us should be putting our country first."
The 31-year-old Israeli actress also noted that if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan were to be elected, women's health care and equal rights would take a big step backwards, adding , "We would go back to the days where being pregnant is a pre-existing condition."
As for choosing this particular event while pitching in on the campaign efforts, Natalie explained, "Nevada is a battleground state and the women are really going to decide this election."
Source: http://celebrity-gossip.net/natalie-portman/natalie-portman-urges-nevada-women-back-barack-715651
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