Dear MoveOn member,

Ever since Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court, we knew
this day would come. And now it's here.

The Supreme Court just took up the case that could end Roe v. Wade.^1

The case involves a Louisiana law that would force nearly every abortion
clinic in the state to shut down. It's nearly identical to a Texas law
that the Supreme Court struck down on a 5-4 vote just three years ago.

But that was before Kavanaugh replaced Anthony Kennedy. Now, the
right-wing extremists have a majority in the Supreme Court to reverse the
previous decision and gut Roe.



We're getting ready to fight on all fronts to keep abortion legal and
accessible. Will you donate $3 to help MoveOn launch an
emergency campaign to save Roe?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll donate to help save Roe v. Wade.



The case going before the Supreme Court now is the culmination of a
decades-long strategy by the radical right to effectively ban abortion by
simply making it unavailable. They've perfected the strategy of forcing
clinics to close by imposing an impossible web of medically unnecessary
regulations and restrictions.^2

When Texas passed a similar clinic shutdown bill, it left the state with
fewer than 10 abortion providers in a state of 28 million people.^3 But in
a 2016 case called Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the Supreme Court
threw out the Texas clinic shutdown bill as a violation of Roe.^4

Now, just three years later, the Supreme Court is poised to overturn that
precedent. If they do, Louisiana might not have any abortion providers
left at all, and other red states are sure to follow the same roadmap.

Republicans will say that they aren't really overturning Roe, they're just
allowing restrictions. But if there are no abortion clinics, there's no
access to abortion. Period.

Here's what we need to do to fight back:

 1. Defeat Donald Trump for re-election. If Trump gets four more years,
he'll almost surely get to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg and maybe even
Stephen Breyer, locking in his Supreme Court supermajority for decades
and driving the court even further to the right.
 2. End Republican control of the Senate. Even if we elect a president who
supports access to abortion in 2020, Mitch McConnell could still
refuse to confirm any pro-Roe Supreme Court nominees, just as he
refused to allow a vote on Merrick Garland. Which is why ending the
GOP's—and Mitch McConnell's—control of the Senate must be priority.
 3. Help organize a massive mobilization in Washington, D.C., when the
Supreme Court hears oral arguments. The Supreme Court isn't supposed
to be political, but we all know that's not reality—and that justices
do care about public opinion. We need to make sure they feel maximum
pressure to limit the damage to abortion rights.
 4. Help fight any new abortion clinic shutdown laws in the states by
partnering with local leaders and helping provide tools and organizing
muscle to make our voices heard in state capitols.



Let's be clear: the Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting or perhaps
even overturning Roe entirely. This is a 5 alarm fire. We are facing the
end of safe and legal abortion—which is a matter of life and death. Will
you chip in $3?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll donate to help save Roe v. Wade.



Thanks for all you do.

–Emily, Michael, Emma, Reggie, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "The Supreme Court just announced it will hear the first big abortion
case of the Kavanaugh era," Vox, October 4, 2019
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2. "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers," Guttmacher Institute,
October 1, 2019
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3. "Impact of House Bill 2 (HB2)," The University of Texas at Austin Texas
Policy Evaluation Project, accessed October 5, 2019
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4. "Pro-choice advocates just won the biggest Supreme Court abortion case
in decades," Vox, June 27, 2016
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