John, today marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v. Wade as a result.

While millions of people in Arizona and across the country reflect on this somber, frustrating anniversary, I wanted to take a moment and share a personal story with you.

As you may know by now, I’m the proud mother of two beautiful children. But those weren’t my only pregnancies.

Like many other women, I suffered miscarriages.

During one of my pregnancies, the doctors told me that for the sake of my health, they would need to perform surgery to remove the pregnancy tissue.

It’s the same procedure that’s commonly used for abortions, and one that can now be banned — and is banned in certain states — after the Supreme Court unjustly took away protections for reproductive rights.

From personal experience, I can say that losing a pregnancy is already hard enough. I can’t imagine what that situation would have been like had I been told that the best medical decision for my health and safety is also one that would be considered criminal, and could land my doctor in prison.

But now, that is the reality for too many American women after the Supreme Court’s decision to strip critical protections and access to necessary, life-saving health care.

The good news is that in Arizona, I’m fighting to keep abortion access legal, and have the full power to do so, thanks to the tireless work we did together last year to win this race and defeat an anti-abortion extremist.

Governors are now the final line of defense in protecting access to safe and legal abortion, and I’m proud to say that every single anti-abortion bill that has hit my desk was immediately vetoed — and any future legislation that targets reproductive rights will meet the same fate.

Thank you,

Katie