This past Monday marked 51 years since the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling established the constitutional right to an abortion. We hope you saw Shad’s story about how the right to an abortion has personally impacted his family - if not, we’re including it below.
As we know, our current Supreme Court, run by a conservative majority, ignored decades of precedent and overturned Roe with their Dobbs decision.
We’ve seen the consequences in Republican-controlled states working to restrict abortion rights as furiously as they can. We’ve also seen Americans across our country reject this extremism by voting for pro-choice, pro-freedom Democrats and ballot propositions that protect access to abortion.
Colorado’s Democratic majorities – committed to reproductive freedoms and the right to an abortion – codified abortion rights into state law. But, we have to protect these rights if Colorado is to remain a pro-choice, pro-freedom state. [[link removed]] Will you chip in today so we can continue the critical work of electing pro-choice Democrats across Colorado? [[link removed]] [[link removed]]
Republicans and anti-abortion activists in our state are still on the march trying to restrict abortion rights. We know they won’t give up, but guess what? Neither will we.
The work to protect these rights is more critical than ever. As we learned with Roe, we cannot take our fundamental rights for granted.
That’s why Democrats Julie Gonzales, Sonya Jaquez Lewis, Meg Froelich, and Brianna Titone were fundamental in passing the Protection for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Act in the last session and the Reproductive Health Equity Act in the previous session. Now signed into law, these laws protect abortion rights, as well as prevent patients, doctors, providers, and others from facing criminal charges for providing access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care.
Our fundamental rights are not up for negotiation, and we’re going to have to fight back to make sure they are protected.
That’s exactly what we’re doing by supporting Democrats up and down the ballot this November. Join us in support of pro-choice, pro-freedom Democrats >> [[link removed]]
Colorado is a pro-choice state, and we’re going to do everything in our power to make sure it remains one.
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From: Shad Murib
Date: Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Subject: Abortion hits home for me.
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John, the right to have an abortion is deeply personal to me.
Today is the 51st anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that established the constitutional right to an abortion. In 2022, the Supreme Court made the reckless decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade with its Dobbs decision, threatening reproductive and abortion care for women across the country and creating tremendous pain for so many. It’s something that hit home for me and my wife.
Just before the Dobbs decision, my wife Kerry and I were celebrating our early pregnancy — one that was unplanned and unexpected but entirely welcome. We spent weeks discussing our excitement and anxieties about becoming new parents responsible for taking care of a new, beautiful life.
Like many expecting parents, we thought about the possibility of medical complications and the severe health risks associated with pregnancy. In a cruel twist of fate, our doctors told us the terrible news that our pregnancy was a part of the tragic percentage of times when things go wrong on the very same day the Dobbs decision came down.
It felt like the world was playing a horrible joke on us.
After visiting with our doctors, we considered our circumstances and made the decision to have an abortion. After a tangled web of calls with medical providers, we were finally able to get an appointment on a Friday two weeks later — a delay that could cause severe medical complications for Kerry, but there was already an influx of people traveling to Colorado seeking the reproductive health care they couldn’t get in their home states. We had to make a decision fast. So, we scheduled the appointment.
As we arrived at the clinic, we noticed the parking lot was full of license plates from other states, with people seeking medical care that was now banned or restricted in their home states. We were also greeted by protesters shaming and mocking us for our decision. They packed up when the sun got too hot and inconvenient for them.
Waiting quietly, we know every other woman and couple in the clinic had their personal story and reason for being there — a story that was unique and unknowable to us but one that was the right choice for them. Many of the women there were struggling with figuring out where they could stay that evening and if they could even afford their flight back home.
We’ve lived in a post-Roe world for a year and a half now, and we're still seeing the consequences reverberate across our country. We’ve heard the nightmarish stories from women desperately seeking care, and we continue to see the equally draconian restrictions implemented, from near-total abortion bans to criminalizing abortion care providers.
The criminalization of women and doctors for seeking and providing medical care is shameful, dangerous, and must be ended.
My wife and I are privileged to live in a state that believes in personal freedom and protects the rights of women to make decisions regarding their own lives, and we’re fortunate that we had the means to navigate the system. But what about other women who aren’t as privileged as us or who live in a state seeking to criminalize women for exercising their freedom to make their own healthcare decisions?
We continue our fight to make sure Colorado continues to lead so that the rest of the country can see us as a beacon of freedom for folks to make their own reproductive care and abortion choices.
Every story matters, and everyone should be afforded the same rights and protections, no matter where they live.
Thank you,
Shad Murib
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