Dear John,
You may have heard the news - right now, extremists in Congress are trying to cut a potential $880 BILLION from Medicaid, and anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to defund Planned Parenthood too.
More than two-thirds of all adults in the United States have some connection to Medicaid.
Medicaid covers one in five of all Americans - that’s:
- 18 million women
- Half of all children in the United States
- 1.2 million LGBTQ adults
- One in four births
And of those women covered by Medicaid? One in ten women have received reproductive care at a Planned Parenthood Clinic.
Because of racist abortion-coverage bans that are already in place, Medicaid dollars and federal funding can’t even go toward abortion care. So instead of working to expand access, these politicians are doubling down by defunding clinics where more than 2 million people get basic care.
The basic care they’re coming after? Cancer screenings, STI testing and treatments, and contraceptives.
But it’s not too late to fight back and the pressure is working. The Committee in charge of funding for Medicaid has already had to push back their meeting to next week, and even conservative lawmakers are publicly saying they aren’t comfortable defunding Planned Parenthood.
Why? Because people like you are calling and emailing your representative.
Join All* Above All in calling on Congress to oppose these cuts and to protect Planned Parenthood. Click here to send a letter to your representative asking them to vote NO on any budget that slashes Medicaid.
