In honor of Women’s Equality Day, we wanted to share some of Rob’s work protecting women’s rights in California.
Today is Women’s Equality Day.
On this day 104 years ago, the Nineteenth Amendment was adopted, enshrining a woman’s right to vote in our Constitution. It was the result of decades of courageous activism by suffragettes across our nation. While this was a historic victory that moved the United States in the right step forward, it’s also important to remember that women of color didn’t secure the right to vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Over a century after the Nineteenth Amendment, the fight for women’s equality is far from over. From equal pay to paid family leave to reproductive rights to the Black maternal mortality crisis, there are still many critical areas where we can do better.
Two years ago, Roe v. Wade was overturned. Since then, far-right Republican politicians have spent their days attacking access to abortion, contraceptive care, fertility treatments, and a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body. But their draconian attempts to take us back in time won’t reach California.
As our state’s chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Rob Bonta is using the full force of the law to protect, defend, and strengthen the reproductive rights of all Californians.
As Attorney General, Rob has directed his office to:
- Make clear to law enforcement officials across the state that access to abortion is protected by the law in every corner of California;
- Warn pregnant people about the dangers of so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” which mislead and deceive Californians seeking reproductive care;
- Take on crisis pregnancy centers that use misleading marketing to lure in vulnerable patients.
- Strengthen security at abortion clinics and reproductive care centers.
Reproductive freedom is a fundamental right, and Rob will keep fighting to protect it. But he needs your help in this fight.
This Women’s Equality Day, will you make a contribution to our campaign ahead of our August fundraising deadline and help support Rob’s critical work protecting reproductive rights for all?
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In solidarity,
Bonta HQ
