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Today marks an important day in American history, John.
On this day in 1960, the FDA approved the world’s first commercially available birth control pill.
This marked a historic milestone in the fight for reproductive freedom, but I can’t help but think about how much more we need to do in order to truly have bodily autonomy here in Arizona, and in our entire nation.
Just last year, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority rolled back decades of freedom with the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
In Arizona, we had a clear choice at the ballot box between a candidate for governor who wants to ban abortions, or someone who fights for our reproductive freedoms — and thankfully, Arizonans chose freedom.
The greater movement for protecting reproductive rights has moved through many peaks and valleys, and if one thing is clear, it’s that we must keep working together to move Arizona forward, not backward.
I’m doing everything in my power to veto dangerous anti-abortion legislation and fight to strengthen and protect our reproductive freedom, but I’m up against a slew of Republicans who are itching to make Arizona a less free state.
Can you pitch in $10 today to join me in the fight for our reproductive freedom? Any amount helps.
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Thank you,
— Katie