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John, Anna here with updates from across the nation on the reproductive justice front. Before you go any further, can you chip in today and help us fight for our rights?

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In Texas - Last week, the Center for Reproductive Rights met the State of Texas in court for the case Zurawski v. State of Texas, highlighting the dangerous precedent of women being denied healthcare due to restrictive abortion laws. In the gut-wrenching testimony, one woman described her experience in which she was told to wait to be "sick enough" to qualify for an abortion under the Texas law. Another detailed the devastating knowledge that she would have to carry a non-viable pregnancy to term, with the death of her newborn inevitable. Under the current law, there are no exceptions for rape or incest, and narrow carveouts exist for the life of the mother; as we have seen with this testimony and anecdotal evidence from across the country, those exceptions are rarely implemented.  

In Ohio - A special election on August 8th could determine the state's ability to require more than a simple majority for a ballot measure on abortion. Issue 1 is on the ballot requiring 60% voter approval for ballot measures to be adopted. This, in turn, if it passes, would require any effort on abortion access to surpass the 60% threshold, as well as any other measure. This is yet another way for Republicans in the state to target reproductive healthcare and silence voters in changing the laws to benefit their goals. 

In Georgia - An anti-abortion group, composed mostly of men, floated the idea to not only outlaw abortion but make it punishable by death. According to the Georgia Recorder, "Operation Save America, an anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-Muslim religious group that wants all Americans to follow “God’s law." In a meeting, the group focused on "equal protection” bills"...an “equal protection” bill, by their definition, is one that adds criminal penalties to a pregnant person for the intentional termination of a pregnancy at any stage, with no exceptions for rape or incest." 

John, we will continue to see countless attacks on women, LGBTQ+ people, and medical professionals in the name of religious zealotry. Help us fight back and elect leaders that will protect our freedoms and bodily autonomy.

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In solidarity,

- Anna Scudder

Reproductive Health Correspondent, 
No Dem Left Behind PAC

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