John,

When politicians get involved in pregnancy decisions, patients suffer. The cascading consequences of abortion bans are unfolding across the country, and it’s heartbreaking.

In Louisiana, new legislation will soon take effect that categorizes misoprostol, one of two medications often used in first-trimester abortions, as a controlled substance. But because abortion is already banned in the state, the most dire impacts of this change will land on patients experiencing pregnancy complications.

Misoprostol is also used to stop post-partum hemorrhaging. Put plainly, Louisiana doctors are sounding the alarm that their patients could bleed out.

This is only the latest consequence of power-hungry politicians' cruel abortion legislation.

New reporting shows that in the year after Texas enacted its abortion ban, infant deaths surged by over 12%.

And across the nation, abortion legislation has forced doctors to perform C-sections instead of abortions in emergency situations, even when a C-section is the riskier, more invasive course of treatment.

National research conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that a majority of OBGYNs say that the reversal of Roe has worsened their ability to manage pregnancy-related emergencies.

Abortion bans have fundamentally changed the standard of care for all pregnant patients in this country, whether they are seeking an abortion or not.

This is a wide-reaching reproductive healthcare crisis, and the cascading consequences of these bans require a whole-of-government response.

We must create comprehensive solutions from the ground up, which is why we build political power in state and local offices—because these are the candidates best positioned to fight for the health and safety of our families and communities.

We have less than sixty days until the general election, and we’re working to ensure victory for pro-choice sheriffs, district attorneys, county commissioners, judges, state legislators, and more, in some of the tightest and toughest races across the country.

It’s going to take all of us to win, but the stakes are simply too high for us to slow down now.

Thanks for being right there with us,

Maris Nyhart
Communications Director
Vote Pro-Choice