John, we're coming to you to respectfully ask you to please chip in your first $3 of 2021 to help reach our quarterly goal for the urgent Reproductive Justice Fund.
Before we ask, we wanted to give you a reminder of why the stakes are so high. Let us explain:
With Roe v. Wade under threat at the national level by the Trump-packed Supreme Court, state legislatures and Republican governors are doing everything they can to seize the moment.
In Florida, Trump-favorite Ron DeSantis recently vetoed $2 million from the state budget that would have gone toward increasing contraception access for low-income girls and women. And during the pandemic, DeSantis signed a controversial anti-abortion bill to severely restrict abortion access across the state.
Meanwhile in Texas, Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that would immediately outlaw abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned. According to the bill's anti-choice author, "A favorable ruling would make Texas one of the first states to end abortions."
John, we can't let Republican governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott hold the keys to our reproductive freedom. That is why Women's March is in the process of building a national, women-led movement to organize and defend abortion rights and reproductive freedom at every level. But we're still in urgent need of more funding for our Reproductive Justice Fund in order to fully-support this crucial upcoming advocacy work.
We ran the numbers, and $50,000 is the bare minimum we'll need in order to organize nationally and on the local level to defend our reproductive freedom. But as of this morning, we're still running behind on our goal. Take a look:
We cannot allow the outlandish, anti-woman legislation that's been popping up in states across the country to stand. And Women's Marchers will not give up without the fight of our lifetimes.
But the success of this movement depends entirely on people like you reading emails like this one and donating $50, $15, or even just $3 at a time. Can you make a donation today?
Thank you for taking action,
Women's March