Here's what's happening – and what's at stake.

ACLU Supporter, today is a critical day for our abortion rights.

Our partners at the Center for Reproductive Rights will ask the Supreme Court to knock down a Louisiana abortion restriction desinged to push abortion out reach, known as a TRAP law. If the Court upholds the law, then the people in Louisiana will be left with just one abortion clinic in the whole state.

But this isn't just about access in Louisiana. The case is likely to affect abortion access in states throughout the country. And it's one of the biggest Supreme Court cases of the year.

Here's what you need to know:

Politicians are assaulting our abortion rights in multiple ways. Some states are passing near-total bans and we have challenged and blocked five of those laws, including the ones in Alabama and Georgia, in just the last year. But there is another sneakier way that politicians are trying to push abortion care out of reach. That is by passing medically unnecessary restrictions like the Louisiana law that apply only to abortion providers and not to medical professionals performing comparable care. Their sole purpose is to force clinics to close.

Louisiana's law is virtually identical to a Texas law the Supreme Court struck down just 4 years ago. But now Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch are on the Supreme Court, and opponents are betting that this change will mean that the Court will allow Louisiana to shut down the clinics and give states the green light to further erode access to care.

It's scary, I know. But we've been preparing for this moment.

We filed an amicus brief in support of the clinics and doctors challenging the Louisiana law. We're mobilizing on the ground in D.C. and New Orleans today with thousands of activists like you. We're pushing through measures to increase access to abortion and reproductive health care in the states wherever possible. And we'll continue to remind Congress that politicians should not be interfering in our decision-making by demanding legislation like the Women's Health Protection Act.

We'll keep you updated on the latest and how you can stay involved in this fight for reproductive freedom. Thanks for all you do to help defend our abortion rights – today and every day.

In solidarity,

Jennifer Dalven
Director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

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