This week marked fifty-three years since SCOTUS affirmed the constitutional right to abortion via Roe v. Wade. That ruling was a promise that our bodies and our futures belong to us. For forty-nine years, it protected us—until the Trump-packed Supreme Court overturned it in June of 2022.
In Missouri, voters did their part to protect abortion access in-state. In 2024, we enshrined abortion rights into our state constitution. But Republicans in Jefferson City and Washington are refusing to accept the results. They are escalating their attacks anyway, and too many leaders in D.C. are choosing not to fight back.
I have been on the front lines of this fight, working to enshrine gender equality and bodily autonomy into the Constitution through the Equal Rights Amendment. I was a former co-founder and co-chair of the ERA Caucus in Congress and the lead sponsor of the ERA Now Resolution.
As for my opponent? He is a former Republican campaign manager for an anti-abortion extremist.
These attacks are happening now. Our bodies are being legislated by Republicans who want to control us. And our leaders are letting it happen.
Cori Bush is a pastor, nurse, survivor, and formerly unhoused single mother of two who knows what it means to struggle and what it means to rise.
As a Congresswoman, she has always shown up when it’s hardest: securing disaster relief, lowering insulin costs, and delivering millions for our communities.
Across St. Louis, families are being priced out and pushed out. Cori Bush is fighting back for affordable housing, fair wages, and utilities as a human right. Be part of this people-first movement. Visit CoriBush.org to learn more.
