John, incredible news – the FDA has just approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S.!

This is a massive step toward protecting reproductive rights and making reproductive health care accessible to all – but we cannot stop here. That's why today I'm reaffirming my fight for reproductive freedom, and I'm calling on 5,000 supporters to do the same.

Before my midnight deadline, will you sign my petition to join my fight to protect reproductive rights?

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John, every single victory that we win in our fight to protect reproductive rights is a huge deal – because for me, this fight is personal. 

You see, when I was a teenager, I got pregnant and knew I wasn't in the right place in my life to bring up a child. I had an abortion – and that's not something I regret. But that doesn't mean the experience came without trauma. 

I had to travel to Mexico to get an abortion – and I was terrified. I was terrified that I would go septic because Black women were going septic at disproportionate rates. I was terrified I would be caught and arrested because I knew what I was doing was illegal. I was terrified of all of it – and that fear, paranoia and despair followed me for years afterward. 

And now, because five conservative Supreme Court justices let their faith and political agenda blind them, millions of people today are just as terrified as I was as a teen.

John, listen to me: We cannot stop fighting for reproductive rights until we all have access to reproductive care. That's why I've championed expanding reproductive rights for years, and thats why, even though the latest birth control news is encouraging, we cannot relent in our fight.

So I have to ask, before my petition closes at midnight tonight, can I count on you to add your name to my petition to protect reproductive rights?

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Thank you.

Barbara Lee



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