Friend –

Everyone should have the right to decide when and whether to start a family, no matter where they live. But since the Supreme Court's shameful decision to overturn Roe v. Wade exactly one year ago today, 20 states have eliminated all or some access to abortion.

We at the ACLU have been working relentlessly alongside coalition partners, community members, and organizers from within the movement to fight back. Since that awful day a year ago, we have filed more than a dozen lawsuits across the country to defend and proactively protect access to abortion.

And we won't ever give up. Period. Because your personal health care decisions and future should not be up to politicians. You are the rightful owner of your life story, and we will not allow anti-abortion lawmakers to threaten our freedoms without a fight.

So, as we mark the anniversary of the Dobbs decision today, we are asking you to take one small action with us that could make a big impact nationwide: Urge Congress to take action and protect abortion access and reproductive freedom for every single one of us.

Anti-abortion extremists are banking on the fact that we might burn out. That after a year of this fight post-Roe, we will no longer have it within us to keep speaking out and saying that abortion is essential health care. So today, ACLU Supporter, take action to ensure every lawmaker hears us loud and clear: Abortion is health care, and we will never stop fighting for this essential right.

Thank you for all you do, and know we will be back soon with more action you can take to defend our reproductive freedoms.

In solidarity,

The ACLU Team