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Samuel --

Forty-three years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed that women
in this country have the constitutional right to make our own
reproductive health decisions. Today, the Supreme Court
heard arguments in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a
case involving abortion restrictions in Texas that would force
the majority of abortion clinics in the state to shut down.

This has the potential to be the most important abortion ruling
in a generation. If the Court rules against us -- or splits 4-4 on
this decision -- the state's restrictions will be upheld, not only
denying many Texas women access to legal abortion services
in their own state, but also cementing restrictions in other states
within the Fifth Circuit and opening the door for new Texas-like
restrictions in other states.

It's a tough pill to swallow that despite how far women have
come on so many fronts over the last four decades, our access
to reproductive health care in this country still largely depends
on where we live or what we can afford:

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Since 1973, the campaign to undo the progress we made in
Roe v. Wade has been unrelenting. This past year alone, my
Republican colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives
voted seven times to defund Planned Parenthood, threatening
to deny millions of women access to safe, reliable, and
affordable care. And as we saw all too viscerally in the horrific
armed attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado
Springs in November, physical and psychological assaults on
providers are creating a climate of fear and hostility,
attempting to deter women from getting the care to which they
are entitled.

In the past five years, states have passed more than 280 abortion
restrictions, forcing closures of clinics and creating real barriers
to women's ability to access safe and affordable reproductive
health care. Shutting down or cutting funding for places like
Planned Parenthood will only increase the number of unplanned
pregnancies and the need for abortions -- whether they're legal
or not.

The reproductive rights of women in America are at risk. Plain and
simple. And Samuel, we are one election away from turning back
the clock even further.

It's up to us to fight as hard as we ever have to elect leaders who
understand what's at stake. Add your name if you're ready to do
the work it takes to stand against Republican extremism in 2016:

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When I think about the world I want our daughters to live in, it's one
where their rights are inviolable and their independence is valued.
It's a moral outrage when legislatures full of male politicians interfere
in women's health care decisions. Today the Court will weigh in on
whether we will continue down this dangerous road, but it's up to
us in November to make sure we don't allow women's reproductive
freedom to be threatened any further.

Debbie

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair
Democratic National Committee



















































































































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