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Last week, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld an abortion ban that was written in the 19th century. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: This nation was an entirely different place in 1864. In case it’s been a minute since you’ve been in a history class: ➡️ Women were still over FIFTY years away from gaining the right to vote ➡️ Child labor was still legal ➡️ Cars were 22 years away from invention ➡️ Approximately 90% of Black people in the US were enslaved and an entire CENTURY away from gaining access to a full range of protected civil rights ➡️ The Civil War was raging in the South ➡️ The 1864 presidential winner was none other than Abraham Lincoln with running mate and avowed racist Andrew Johnson ➡️ Arizona was still 48 years away from gaining statehood, and it wasn’t the only one either — Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii weren’t a part of our union yet If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: The Arizonans who are impacted the most by this extreme ban wouldn’t have a say in our democracy whatsoever when it was written. Choosing when and how to grow your family is a deeply personal decision, and everyone deserves to make the choice that’s best for them. — Team ADP |
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