NARAL Pro-Choice America
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This email discusses police brutality and murder. We urge you to prioritize your
own well-being before continuing.

John—

Like so many of you, I have been rocked by the events of the last week.
The murder of George Floyd and the uprisings that have followed have
inspired outrage, hope, and commitment. It’s just a small snapshot into
the experience of so many Black people in our country due to systemic and
violent racism.

The stories of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless
others drive home the fact that freedom remains a dream for far too many
people in this country. Entrenched racism kills hopes, dreams,
opportunities, and people. This must end. But it will not end without our
collective action.

The NARAL Pro-Choice America team dedicates our lives to fighting for
reproductive freedom for all people. But we know: There is no reproductive
freedom without the fundamental freedom from tyranny and oppression. This
fight is all of ours.

We join in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives, with leaders in
the reproductive justice community, and with the families and communities
of those who have lost their lives to racial violence. [ [link removed] ]Please read our
full statement released last night.

With all of you over the years, we have worked hard to acknowledge and
address racial disparities in abortion care, in birth control access, in
pre-natal care, and in maternal mortality. We know that the ability to
parent with security and safety is core to our values and core to the
success of our work. Being dedicated to reproductive freedom for all
people means Black people must be able to raise their children free from
fear and hate.

This work isn’t easy. It starts with the acknowledgment that until we are
working every day to unlearn and fight against systems of structural
racism, we are — and will be — a part of it. It starts with our commitment
to dismantling the culture of white supremacy, eradicating racial
disparities, and affirming the inherent dignity of every human being.

We’re in deep conversation with our allies in the racial justice and
reproductive justice movements. In the coming days, we’ll send you
resources, actions, and opportunities to follow through on this
commitment. We’re on this journey together. I’ll be there every step of
the way. It won’t take a day or a week. It’s a lifelong commitment, and I
hope you will make it with me.

We commit to this work because it is the only way to create a world that
is truly free and just, for every body. It is in this spirit of freedom
that we will continue to fight to reform our nation.

In gratitude,

[2]Photo of Ilyse Hogue
Ilyse Hogue
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America

P.S. — [ [link removed] ]Please visit the Movement for Black Lives website to learn more
about the Week of Action in Defense of Black Lives being organized this
week.


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