Dear John,
This is urgent. Walgreens has said that its pharmacies will not dispense or mail abortion prescriptions in states where Republican attorneys general have threatened lawsuits—outrageously, including states where abortion is legal, such as Kansas.1
That's right: Walgreens is refusing to distribute legal, safe, effective medication because it's bowing to threats by right-wing extremists seeking to take away our bodily autonomy.
Sign now: Tell the Walgreens CEO and the executives of other pharmacies to reject the GOP's sexism and fascism. Click here to sign the petition demanding that pharmacies defend their customers over Republican politicians and that they fulfill their duty to support our health!
It's bad enough that the conservatively stacked Supreme Court stripped us of our constitutional right to abortion. Last week, a Trump-appointed Texas judge ruled to make mifepristone illegal nationwide.2 Republicans are attacking our abortion access by weaponizing the courts and intimidating private pharmacies like Walgreens to ban the safe, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for early pregnancy abortion that's used in more than half of all abortions in the United States. Abortion pills such as mifepristone have been FDA-approved and safely used by customers for over 20 years.3
We must remember that the majority of voters support safe and legal abortion access. Voters in states such as Kansas, Kentucky and Montana overwhelmingly supported abortion rights in ballot measures last year.4
We cannot let misogynistic Republicans in the pockets of anti-abortion extremists overturn the will of the people. Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.
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Thanks for all you do.
–MoveOn
Sources:
1. "Walgreens won't distribute abortion pills in states where GOP AGs object," Politico, March 2, 2023 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/02/walgreens-abortion-pills-00085325
2. "A Texas judge just issued a national ruling against medication abortion. What now?" Vox, April 7, 2023 https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/4/7/23593396/medication-abortion-pills-mifepristone-misoprostol-pregnancy-texas
3. "The Availability and Use of Medication Abortion," Kaiser Family Foundation, February 24, 2023 https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-availability-and-use-of-medication-abortion/
4. "About six-in-ten Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases," Pew Research Center, June 13, 2022 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/13/about-six-in-ten-americans-say-abortion-should-be-legal-in-all-or-most-cases-2/
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