We need you, John.
This week, news broke that the Supreme Court rejected an emergency request to block Texas’ six-week abortion ban and effectively took the next step in dismantling the rights enshrined to us through Roe v. Wade.
We don’t say this lightly: We are at grave risk of losing our reproductive freedom completely. From local abortion bans being passed in states like Texas and Mississippi, to the highest court in our land refusing to defend our constitutional rights – we are witnessing the most direct and dire threats to our reproductive health in our lifetimes.
On October 2, we're marching in every single state ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on October 4. Today, Women's March and more than 90 other organizations, including National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Planned Parenthood, SHERO Mississippi, Mississippi in Action, Access Reproductive Care-Southeast, The Frontline, Working Families Party, and SisterSong, are organizing a national call to mobilize and defend our reproductive rights.
There has never been a more crucial time for women and our allies to show up in support of our health care, our rights, and our freedoms.
We must rise to the urgency of this moment. We must make it clear to anti-choice extremists that we will not stand by quietly as they attempt to control our bodies. And we must call out the misogyny and racism that is fueling their authoritarian agenda to control queer and trans people, and women of color.
This is an opportunity to invite all the people that know us and love us into this important movement and work united as we build something better for our communities.
Despite the efforts of a small powerful group attempting to invalidate our human rights over and over again – we cannot let go of our vision for reproductive justice, unfettered abortion access, and a future where all of our families are thriving and living healthy lives.
This is your fight. This is our fight. This impacts all of us. Take the pledge to march on October 2.
In solidarity,
Women's March