John,
Over the past few years, Texas has been the GOP’s experiment lab, the place where fringe ideas get thrown against a wall until something sticks.
Well, something stuck last night in Amarillo, Texas. And it wasn’t what they hoped.
What happened last night is that feminism won. Organizing won. Hope won. Freedom and bodily autonomy won. We won.
Photo By Shannon Richardson (Feminists in Amarillo, TX)
The so-called Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn campaign was defeated in Amarillo, Texas by a 4-1 majority. We may still see it on the ballot in November, and if we do, we will defeat it at the ballot box, too.
The lesson here is that organizing gets the goods. If we can win in Amarillo, Texas, we can win anywhere. And I believe that we will keep winning.
This is obviously a battle in a larger fight, but for today, let’s lift up the Texas feminists who are doing the damn thing when they could be anywhere else. We see you red state organizers. We see you local folks. We see you in small towns and rural communities. We see you in those places so many wanted to give up on, discard. We see you, we celebrate you, and we thank you.
Specifically, I want to thank Amarillo Reproductive Freedom Alliance for all the laser-sharp, tough-as-nails organizing that got us here today. Y’all did the damn thing.
In gratitude,
Rachel O'Leary Carmona
Executive Director, Women's March
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