Right now, women across the United States face growing threats from the Trump administration and far-right extremists.
Today is International Women’s Day and March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate and honor the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women all over the world.
This observance feels all the more important this year, as women across the United States face growing threats to their civil rights and reproductive freedom from the Trump administration and far-right extremists in state legislatures.
After the federal right to abortion was overturned by the Supreme Court with help from Trump’s appointed justices, Republicans introduced abortion restrictions in countless red states, leaving one in three women of reproductive age living in a state with an abortion ban.
Last month, a Missouri Republican in Congress introduced legislation aiming to ban abortion nationwide. And just two days ago, Trump’s Justice Department indicated it’s dropping a Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho’s total abortion ban.
It’s more than just reproductive freedom that’s at risk. Republicans in Congress are also pushing the SAVE Act to create more restrictions on voting, especially for women. If passed, this bill could prevent as many as 69 million married women who took their partners’ last names from voting if their new last name does not match what’s on their birth certificate.
While these are frightening times with multiple threats to roll back the progress we’ve made when it comes to women’s civil rights, Rob is fighting back.
The Attorney General, who has championed women’s rights and reproductive justice throughout his years of public service, pledged to protect reproductive rights after Trump won the White House. He’s making good on that promise by:
- Sponsoring two bills in the state legislature to protect abortion and other reproductive healthcare access in California;
- Continuing his lawsuit against a California hospital for illegally denying a patient an emergency abortion last year;
- Securing a legal victory defending California’s Abortion Accessibility Act, which requires California-licensed health care service plans and certain insurance policies to cover abortion services without a co-payment, deductible, or any type of cost-sharing requirement;
- Opposing Trump’s move to pardon anti-abortion extremists who threatened, harassed, and harmed abortion patients, providers, and clinics, and limit enforcement of federal laws protecting those seeking abortion care from harassment.
From hard-fought access to abortion to the right to vote, Rob is fighting for the rights of every woman in California and across the country. If he has your support, will you consider chipping in $5 to our people-powered campaign?
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