John, we have good news and bad news:
We’ll start with the bad: This year is already the worst year for attacks on reproductive rights since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973.
Just yesterday, 228 U.S. Senators and Representatives submitted a brief to the Supreme Court requesting that Roe v. Wade be overruled. The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear a case about abortion rights this fall and there’s a legitimate chance that the reproductive freedom we know today could be soon gone.
But here’s what gives us hope: Democrats recently introduced a bill — the Women’s Health Protection Act — that would protect access to abortion even if the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade.
There’s no time to waste: Can you chip in $3 or anything you can to our Reproductive Justice Fund so we can raise the funds we need to pressure Congress and build the organizing power necessary to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act?
We don’t want to come off as alarmists, John, but we are currently witnessing the biggest threats women have faced in decades on our reproductive freedom.
Especially now that we have an ultra-conservative majority on the Supreme Court, there is a legitimate chance that Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
To make matters even worse, a record number of states have already filed legislation in preparation to immediately ban access to abortion care. State legislators have already introduced over 315 pieces of legislation to restrict or wholly ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is challenged.
We need Congress to act quickly to protect our reproductive rights. Passing the Women’s Health Protection Act has never been so urgent and it’s our best bet to make sure the rights we’re enshrined by Roe v. Wade are preserved.
In solidarity,
Women’s March