Dear John,
Conservatives’ crusade to control our bodies, lives, and futures just lurched forward again:
This week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children.
I know you understand how devastating this decision is, and I hope you’ll make an urgent gift now to help us fight back against the concerted effort across the country to roll back gender justice.
Make an emergency gift to the National Women’s Law Center and help us defend our rights to decide what we do with our bodies. Every donation is 100% tax-deductible.
There's no mincing words: not only has this decision upended fertility care in Alabama. It also represents the weaponization of the judicial system to impose a conservative ideology that seeks to stop you from deciding your destiny, deny you your equality under the law, and shut down decades of progress for gender justice.
And while we have been fighting to prevent this type of attack, knowing this could happen, we’re still aghast that we’ve reached this breaking point and are witnessing the devastating consequences in real-time.
This ruling is part of extremists’ effort to codify the concept of “fetal personhood” in the law. Their ultimate aim is to get the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that fetuses have rights under the U.S. Constitution, which could result in nationwide bans on abortion, as well as impact contraceptive and fertility care. Exactly what we saw begin to happen in Alabama on Monday.
If that were to happen, no state could protect abortion access or other reproductive health care caught in personhood’s traps.
The National Women’s Law Center leverages the full power of the law to fight back against the idea of “fetal personhood.” Our lawyers are waging strategic fights that make clear what is at stake for people who can become pregnant and seek to bolster our fundamental rights to control our lives, futures, and destinies.
All of that work depends on the generous support of individuals like you. Will you back our battles to protect people’s rights from being stripped by conservatives hell-bent on control?
Don’t stay on the sidelines. We believe everyone deserves the right and ability to have children, or not, on their own terms. Join us in our fight to defend all people from this assault on our rights. Please, make an emergency donation today.
Thank you for your support.
In solidarity,
Emily Martin
she/her/hers
Chief Program Officer
National Women's Law Center
