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Friend -- We have huge Reproductive Justice news to share with
you right now so please keep reading. 

Yesterday, the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) was introduced in the
U.S. House of Representatives! This is important. Why? WHPA is an
important step forward in ensuring that people have attainable access to
quality, affordable, and compassionate reproductive services and abortion
in their state.

Here are next steps to getting this important piece of legislation passed
→ [ [link removed] ]Help us urge your Member of Congress to protect access to abortion
care by passing WHPA. Sign our petition right now!

It’s been over eight months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade and struck down our constitutional right to abortion in the United
States. Our lawmakers must understand that passing a federal bill will
protect the right to access abortion care throughout the U.S. by
safeguarding us against the harsh bans and medically unnecessary
restrictions in which we are currently experiencing, living through, and
witnessing every single day in our communities. WHPA will work
hand-in-hand with the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage (EACH) Act;
legislation that would eliminate federal coverage restrictions on
abortion, including the Hyde Amendment’s ban on coverage for Medicaid
beneficiaries—because everyone, no matter how much they make, deserves
insurance coverage for abortion.

[ [link removed] ]With your signature, we will tell members of Congress to support the
right to access abortion care throughout the nation. 

The fall of Roe did not silence us. Instead, it activated MomsRising
members to use their voices to create change. We’ve collected hundreds of
stories from MomsRising members who have bravely shared their abortion
stories with us and agree that abortion care is necessary health care. 

Our member from Florida wrote: 

“As someone who lives with a chronic autoimmune disorder, I had to be
very mindful about my health before choosing to have a baby. When I was
24, I got pregnant. Due to the complexity of my health at the time my
only safe option was to choose an abortion. This choice allowed me to
stay healthy and later choose to have two healthy children. Had I been
forced to carry that pregnancy to term it is likely both myself and the
potential fetus would have had irreparable complications.”

A mother in California shared: 

“I was already a mother to a 4 year old. I had already lost a few
pregnancies to miscarriage. I had also lost a child when he was only a
few days old. To say our family was devastated was an understatement. So
when I became pregnant again this pregnancy was really really wanted. At
15 weeks it was determined that this child had a genetic condition that
was not compatible with life. He would either be still born or die
shortly after birth. Having already lost a child after a full 9 month
pregnancy and natural childbirth, the thought of carrying another child
that would not survive was unbearable. We were fortunate to have that
choice, to make the very difficult, painful decision to not make this
child suffer nor our family suffer through more unbearable loss. This
was not an easy decision but one our family made together, with our
health care provider, in private. And I feel so incredibly grateful to
have had that choice.”

Six in ten people who have abortion are moms and polls show the majority
of people in America agree: abortion care should be accessible to all who
need it. Being able to choose if we have children, and if so, when and how
many children to have, is a fundamental human right. We know that having
authority over what we do with our bodies is not limited to our
reproductive rights but has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, improve
the health of women and their families, and lead women toward access to
increased economic security. 

Abortion is essential, time-sensitive health care, and a crucial tool in
the fight to advance race and gender equity. It deserves to be treated as
such. Threats to abortion care threatens healthcare for all. 

[ [link removed] ]Using your signature you have the power to urge Congress to stand with
people and communities fighting for racial, economic, and reproductive
justice. Sign on with us!

Thank you,

- Diarra and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team


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