John,

They didn’t just vote to gut programs.

They voted to gut women’s lives.

Last week, House Republicans passed a bill in the dark of night that slashes billions in spending on Medicaid, SNAP (food assistance), child care, home energy assistance, and disability support, impacting tens of millions of working-class families. And, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, millions more will lose their health insurance through changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.

The proposed cuts will impact millions, including workers who depend on food assistance to feed their families. But it will hit especially hard poor women and their children, and elderly women.

Poor women who are pregnant—Medicaid covers 41% of all births in this country—will be left with fewer prenatal visits, fewer safe births, and fewer chances to survive childbirth.
Infants and young children will go without food and basic health care. Fewer immunizations. Fewer early screenings.
Mothers will be forced to leave their jobs just as child care subsidies vanish and housing grows more unaffordable.
Young women just starting out—students, new graduates—will lose job training, lose pathways to independence.
Women with disabilities will face devastating rollbacks to essential services and care.
Middle-aged women—so often the unpaid caregivers of this country—will be punished for looking after children and aging parents.
Older women, who make up the largest share of nursing home residents and rely heavily on Medicaid, will lose long-term care support.

This is not just cruel. It’s calculated.

And for what? So that Republicans can offset the huge tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans by massive cuts to these vital programs.

According to a just-released report by the non-partisan Penn Wharton Budget Model, the top 0.1% of earners making $4.3 million or more per year will see their after-tax income on average INCREASE by $389,280 in 2026, while earners making less than $51,000 a year will actually see their after-tax income DECREASE (as reported by journalist Judd Legum in Popular Information.)

Now the tax bill moves to the U.S. Senate. And the question is no longer if women will be hurt.

It’s how many. It’s how deeply. And it’s how soon.

We have two months to stop these devastating cuts. We need you, John and every member of the Feminist Majority community to stand with us.

That’s why we are urging you to write to your Senators – to both Republicans and to Democrats. They need to hear from you – starting this week.

And if you can, please chip in $50, $100, or whatever amount you can today to fuel this fight in the Senate.

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Send a message to your Senators. We’ll keep you updated with how you can help fight back as the Senate returns next week from its recess and begins work on the tax bill.

This is our line in the sand. Join us.

In fury and in action,

Ellie Smeal, President

Kathy Spillar, Executive Director

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