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John,
Today is the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, and it’s a reminder that 52 years ago, we secured the hard-fought right to abortion access by “compromising” with our opponents.
We agreed to medically unnecessary limitations in exchange for a constitutionally guaranteed right to reproductive care, empowering women across the country to take ownership of their own bodies and their own futures.
And what’s happened since?
In the shadows and over time, our opponents regulated and legislated care out of reach for millions of people, chipping away at our rights for decades.
And when the political opportunity finally came, they went back on their compromise altogether and overturned Roe v. Wade outright.
Since then, we’ve seen anti-choice MAGA lawmakers try to reframe this issue on their terms, claiming that the 15-week abortion ban they’d like to pass nationally is also a “compromise.”
Meanwhile, South Carolina, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Indiana legislatures are considering legislation that would classify abortion as homicide, opening up abortion patients to prosecution as murderers.
A bill in Mississippi would punish anyone helping a teenager get an abortion—including those driving through the state—with twenty years to life in prison.
So today, there’s no time to entertain bad faith calls for consensus. Our mothers and grandmothers learned that lesson for us.
When it comes to autonomy over our own bodies and our own pregnancy outcomes, there’s simply no compromise. This issue is not about gestational limits or medical minutiae—it’s about who gets to decide what happens to our bodies and our families.
Either we’re equal humans with the power to make these personal decisions ourselves, or we’re subject to government control during life’s most intimate moments.
We know what side we’re on. Thank you for being with us.
In solidarity,
Sara Tabatabaie
Executive Director
Vote Pro-Choice
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