I wanted to make sure you saw the email Erin sent you on Tuesday.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the March for ‘Life’ is still planning to host a super spreader event in D.C. on January 29 – putting the lives of D.C. residents at risk.
I also wanted to give you an update: on Tuesday, Arkansas Right to Life announced that they will be postponing the Arkansas March for ‘Life’ because of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the state. [1]
As the D.C. area deals with a similar rise in cases, one thing is clear: this is not the time to be bringing tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists from across the country into the District. [1]
Our country is in the midst of a deadly pandemic. In Los Angeles, patients are being treated in gift shops because hospitals are so full. [1] In other cities, mobile morgue trucks are in use because there are too many bodies to bury.
Moving forward with the March for ‘Life’ will cause harm. COVID 19 is particularly dangerous for people of color, who are many of our crucial frontline workers, all while D.C. hit an all-time high single-day case count this past weekend. [2] So too, this occurs against a backdrop of a white supremacist coup attempt incited by the president (the same president who spoke at a previous March for ‘Life’) that has left residents in the Washington region fearful for safety.
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