The Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) is an important step forward in
ensuring that people have attainable access to quality, affordable, and
compassionate reproductive services and abortion in their state.
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Dear Friend,

Every person should have the right to choose, when, how many, and if they
are having children. And polls show the majority of people in the U.S.
agree. But last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a
dangerous bill that bans abortion at 6-weeks of pregnancy (most women do
not know they’re pregnant by this stage) with no exception for rape or
incest. [ [link removed] ] Similar attacks on abortion are happening in other states
around the country. And on May 17th, the Supreme Court announced that it
will take up a case that presents a direct and devastating challenge to
Roe v. Wade. [ [link removed] ]  This is not okay.

[1]Urgent action is needed. Sign our petition urging your member of
Congress to protect access to abortion care by passing the Women’s Health
Protection Act!

The Women’s Health Protection Act will protect the right to access
abortion care throughout the U.S. by safeguarding access against bans and
medically unnecessary restrictions, hundreds of which have been passed in
recent years by state lawmakers.

We need this protection urgently! If Roe v. Wade fell tomorrow, 24 states
would likely take action to dangerously prohibit abortion outright and 10
states already have "trigger bans" in place, which would ban abortion
immediately. [ [link removed] ] Yet, even if the law is upheld, a report from the
Guttmacher Institute tells us that we are already living through the most
harmful state legislative session for reproductive and abortion healthcare
that we’ve seen in a decade. [ [link removed] ][ [link removed] ]

Action is needed. The Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) is an important
step forward in ensuring that people have attainable access to quality,
affordable, and compassionate reproductive services and abortion in their
state. [ [link removed] ]

[2]Tell your lawmaker to support the Women’s Health Protection Act NOW!

The fundamental right to make decisions about our bodies, lives, and
futures is essential to the pursuit of racial, reproductive, and economic
justice. Abortion restrictions are part of the intertwined systems of
oppression that deny people their constitutional rights. The people hurt
most by abortion restrictions are those who already face barriers to
accessing health care—including women, Black, Indigenous and People of
Color (BIPOC), those working to make ends meet, members of the LGBTQI+
community, immigrants, young people, those living in rural communities,
people with disabilities, and mothers. 

Most women who have abortions are already moms. [ [link removed] ] Being able to manage
how many children we have and when we have them has been nothing short of
revolutionary — not just for women and mothers, but for our country as a
whole. It has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, improved the health of
women and their families, and led women toward access to increased
economic and political power. 

[3]With your signature, we will tell lawmakers to support the right to
access abortion care throughout the U.S.

Here’s what the petition reads: 

Dear Member of Congress,

As one of over a million members of MomsRising, I am writing to ask that
you support the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA)! WHPA is essential
to social and economic equality, reproductive autonomy, and the right to
determine our own lives. People hurt most by abortion restrictions are
those who already face barriers to accessing health care—particularly
Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), women, people working to
make ends meet, immigrants, young people, people with disabilities,
LGBTQ+ individuals, and those living in rural and other medically
underserved areas.

This must stop.

WHPA will protect the right to access abortion care throughout the U.S.
by safeguarding access against bans and medically unnecessary
restrictions, hundreds of which have been passed in recent years by
anti-abortion state lawmakers. Anyone who needs an abortion in the
United States, deserves quality, affordable medical care, and a
relationship with their health care provider that is free from
government intrusion. The WHPA protects these rights: Equal access to
abortion, everywhere for everyone. Please support the WHPA!

What is most disturbing about the attacks on abortion care right now is
that the global health pandemic is not over, we are still actively living
through it, and barriers to abortion and reproductive healthcare have been
exasperated for patients who need immediate care, inevitably pushing them
further along into unwanted pregnancy and other damaging health
circumstances.

[4]Your voice matters. Sign our petition in support of the Women’s Health
Protection Act!

We will continue to fight against laws that exploit people during the
COVID-19 public health crisis and block access to health centers and
clinics. Abortion is essential, time-sensitive health care, and a crucial
tool in the fight to advance race and gender equity. It deserves to be
treated as such.

Threats to abortion care threatens healthcare for all. 

- Diarra, Tina, Kristin, Donna, and the whole MomsRising / MamásConPoder
team

P.S. We want to be perfectly clear, abortion is still legal in every state
in the United States, including in Mississippi, Texas, and Ohio as these
laws have not taken effect yet. If you or someone you know needs an
abortion, you are perfectly within your legal right to receive one. If you
need help accessing an abortion or paying for one, go to the [5]National
Network of Abortion Funds.

 

References:

[1]  “[6]Texas governor signs extreme six-week abortion ban into law,” The
Guardian, May 19. 2021.

[2] [7]“Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade,” New
York Times, May 17, 2021.

[3] [ [link removed] ]“What If Roe Fell?” Center for Reproductive Rights, May 19, 2021.

[4]  [ [link removed] ]“Biden’s Silence on Abortion Rights at a Key Moment Worries
Liberals,” New York Times, May 27, 2021. 

[5] [ [link removed] ]“2021 Is on Track to Become the Most Devastating Antiabortion
State Legislative Session in Decades,” Guttmacher Institute, May 18, 2021.

[6] [ [link removed] ]“The Women’s Health Protection Act,” ACT for Women! 

[7] [ [link removed] ]"Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients in 2014 and Changes
Since 2008,” Guttmacher Institute, May 2016.


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