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CTV Alert

Oct 17th, 2023

URGENT: Stop the RHA!

Dear Friends,

We learned today that the package of Senate bills that are part of the so-called "Reproductive Health Act" (RHA) will be voted on in committee today (Tuesday the 17th) at 12pm noon. You have heard us refer to these several times. We need calls and emails to these senators (see below).

Your message is simple:

• It is critical that women know that the clinics they visit are regulated to protect essential health and safety standards and they have the right to know of any clinic violations or sanctions!

• Women should always have ALL information regarding any procedures that can impact their body—Informed consent is NOT an inconvenience nor is it a barrier to getting an abortion. This is common sense information that will protect women in their decision making processes—don’t short circuit this!

• When’s the last time any industry, especially one involving Medical/Surgical treatments, removed its regulations and its reporting requirements?

• These protections all existed under Roe v. Wade—Keeping them was a promise made to voters—they should not be removed now.

• Women deserve better—Please vote NO on SB 474–477.

ACTION NEEDED:

Please reach out to YOUR senator and those listed below. If you live in one of the listed districts, make sure to mention that!

Click this button to find out which district you live in and who your senator is:

Jeff Irwin (D) Chair District 15 (Ann Arbor area)

(517) 373-2406 [email protected]

Sylvia Santana (D) Majority Vice Chair District 2 (Dearborn area)

(517) 373-0990 [email protected]

Mary Cavanagh (D) District 6 (Detroit, Farmington Hills area)

(517) 373-7748 [email protected]

Rosemary Bayer (D) District 13 (Commerce Twp, Northville area)

(517) 373-2417 [email protected]

Sue Shink (D) District 14 (Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Spring Arbor area)

(517) 373-2426 [email protected]

Stephanie Chang (D) District 3 (Madison Heights, Troy area)

(517) 373-7346 [email protected]

John Cherry (D) District 27 (Flint, Burton, Clayton Twp area)

(517) 373-0142 [email protected]

Erika Geiss (D) District 1 (Ecorse, Lincoln Park area)

(517) 373-7800 [email protected]

For more details on the RHA, see our official news release.