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Happy Birthday to the rapid disassembly of our human rights.

It’s officially been one year since the Supreme Court decided to forgo decades of precedent and throw the right to abortion straight in the trash, like the cheese you forgot was rotting in the back of your fridge. Meanwhile, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas have been palling around with billionaire Republican donors, jet skiing off the side of yachts, and fishing in Alaska. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, people across the country have struggled to access reproductive health care and have considered moving out of their state due to anti-abortion legislation. @ Thomas and Alito, are you happy now, boys?

In a new survey, Data for Progress finds ([link removed]) a majority of voters (57 percent) say they think the Supreme Court should have left Roe v. Wade in place. This includes a majority of Democrats (81 percent) and Independents (58 percent). So incredibly in character of conservatives on the Supreme Court to do the opposite of what the public wants.

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More than 1 in 3 voters under 45 report they have had, or know someone has had, difficulty accessing reproductive care in the wake of Dobbs. Hey, Republicans, super pro-life of you to prevent people from receiving life-saving care because of your political agenda. As a result, voters strongly support the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would reestablish a nationwide right to access abortion in the U.S. and protect physicians who provide abortions. Data for Progress finds 62 percent of voters support the act, including 88 percent of Democrats, 64 of Independents, and 38 percent of Republicans.

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If you can get pregnant, or you know someone who can get pregnant, or exist on this burning planet we call Earth, it’s probably been a pretty rough year. So, we checked in with some voters to see how they’ve been holding up. From the responses we received, the vibes are definitely off in the United States. An Independent woman from Oregon said, “It has made me feel less valuable as a human being because I am a female,” and if you think that’s depressing, a Democratic woman from Michigan said, “It has made every woman I know concerned about how far the government will go to restrict a woman's right to have control over her own body or life in general.” As Anne (of Green Gables) once said, “how I love being a woman!!” (derogatory).

The fight for basic human rights is, unfortunately, never-ending. Suffragettes starved themselves and got run over by horses to secure their right to vote. Activists spent years fighting for legal abortions until Roe v. Wade was finally decided in 1973. Although we might be back to square one, that doesn’t mean all hope is lost. We need to pass legislation to protect access to abortion and reproductive health care. In the meantime, we hope Clarence falls off his jet ski.

Check out the polling here ([link removed]) .

Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:

There ain’t no party like a No Labels Party (because it’s a historically bad idea).

Apparently, our parties aren’t getting enough hype in this country because the No Labels Party has decided to throw down. The No Labels Party is a self-proclaimed centrist organization that hopes to give voters an “alternative Independent choice” in the case of a Biden-Trump 2024 presidential rematch. If you open a history textbook, you’ll find that this is a pretty silly idea. No third party candidate has ever had a real shot at winning the presidency — they’re the guy no one wanted to invite to the party but his mom does yoga with your mom, so you have to be nice.

Data for Progress finds ([link removed]) that when No Labels Party candidate Larry Hogan is thrown into the mix, he only manages to garner 6 percent of the vote, but the race between Trump and Biden narrows to a tie. We also find that 42 percent of Hogan voters would have voted for Biden in a Biden-Trump head-to-head, compared to only 14 percent of Hogan voters who would have supported Trump. Honestly, why don’t you just deliver the election to right-wing extremists on a silver platter, tied with a ribbon? Clearly, the No Labels Party isn't exactly the perfect representation of the American people that they want to be. (Larry is a white man and political nepo-baby from Maryland, we could have told you that.)

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Despite the No Labels Party’s $70 million effort to get on the ballot in all 50 states, Data for Progress also finds 80 percent of voters haven’t heard enough about the organization to have an opinion. This includes 79 percent of Democrats, 81 percent of Independents, and 80 percent of Republicans. That’s a lot of money to spend for practically no return. Reevaluate your plan, besties.

Check out the polling here ([link removed]) .

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Grist: How to build a zero-waste economy ([link removed])

The New Republic: Facing Climate Unrest, Biden Makes Low-Key Pitch in California ([link removed])

The Sacramento Bee: Transgender people facing ‘existential fear’ in Florida look to California for acceptance ([link removed])

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