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Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case debating the constitutionality of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. Today, it ruled to keep the Texas abortion ban intact, though it also allowed abortion providers to challenge its enforcement provision in court.

Were the Court to find both bans (and Texas’s draconian ([link removed]) enforcement mechanism) constitutional, it would effectively overturn Roe v. Wade and criminalize abortion in dozens of states. And that looks likely to happen, thanks to Amy Coney Barrett and five of her fellow clown car colleagues. As the Supreme Court faces historic unpopularity ([link removed]) , Data for Progress polling finds that in no U.S. state does a federal abortion ban receive more than 30 percent support.
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It’s clear at this point that we’re fighting a losing battle in the courts, while anti-choice activists have successfully influenced state legislatures across the country. In response, Data for Progress fellow Arielle Swernoff released a memo ([link removed]) this week with recommendations for blue states and cities to expand abortion access and localize the fight for reproductive justice.

Among the recommendations: expand health coverage to include abortion, direct resources to abortion funds and providers as well as community health services, and allow all medically-qualified professionals to perform abortions. In addition, the paper recommends cracking down on “crisis pregnancy centers” — fake abortion clinics designed to prevent people from getting abortion care.

Read the full policy memo here, ([link removed]) and then find a local abortion fund to support here ([link removed]) .
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** Here are some other highlights from DFP over the past week:
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Imagine how tired we are: Build Back Better edition

You’re sick and tired of hearing about it, we’re sick and tired of writing about it, and the American public is sick and tired of seeing Congress do nothing about it: but yeah, the Build Back Better Act is STILL POPULAR.

New Data for Progress polling shows that voters want Build Back Better passed as soon as possible — by a +19-point margin, voters say it’s important that Build Back Better becomes law before the new year — and this includes Independents by a +21-point margin as well.

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It is a massively, massively popular bill — and it must get passed as soon as possible. Though mostly because, seriously, we can’t take writing about how popular it is every week anymore.

For a full, snark-free analysis of Build Back Better polling, Anika Dandekar and Ethan Winter have a blog for you here ([link removed]) .

In a Plot Twist, Blatant Moral Bankruptcy Unpopular with American Voters

For years, the U.S. has been selling arms to Saudi Arabia, a country our own State Department ([link removed]) admits is actively engaging in human rights abuses at home and abroad. President Biden froze ([link removed]) those arms sales within a week of taking office, but lifted ([link removed]) them a few months later. And after stating ([link removed]) they would end U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen, the Biden administration then sold them another $650 million worth of weapons last month.

Yeah, we’re confused, too.

Data for Progress has polling showing how widely unpopular that decision is with voters across the political spectrum.

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Read the full analysis from Ahmad Ali here ([link removed]) .

Take its name out of your mouth: It’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — not BIF

Last month, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. (You’re forgiven for thinking this happened, like, six months ago. Time is a flat circle and everything hurts.)

The bill — more commonly referred to as the “BIF,” or the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, which is also the name that the White House uses — is a landmark investment in roads, bridges, tunnels, and other infrastructure repairs that’s widely popular ([link removed]) with voters.

But a new Data for Progress analysis shows that the name BIF actually isn’t as advantageous politically as calling the bill by its formal name: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

When polled on the same bill, voters signal more support when the legislation is referred to as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — with support increasing by a +5-point margin among Democrats and by a startling +14-point margin among Republicans.
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In other words, the White House has an opportunity to substantially increase Republican support for their administration — but right now, they’re BIF-ing it. (See what we did there?)

Read the full analysis from Lew Blank here ([link removed]) .

Mandela’s got a plan for that

Mandela Barnes, the current Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, is running for Senate as the highest-profile progressive in the race. This week, he introduced his first policy plan for his campaign with the Data for Progress Blog — and it’s a sweeping proposal for democracy reform. The plan includes provisions to stop corporate influence on our elections, expand voting rights, and end partisan gerrymandering. It also calls on the Senate to abolish the filibuster, a popular progressive proposal championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who endorsed his campaign.

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DFP In The News

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The Hill:Biden may get reprieve with gas prices projected to drop ([link removed])

The Hill:Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes releases first progressive policy plan in Senate race ([link removed])

CBS:Fourth Stimulus Check: Is Another Relief Payment Coming? ([link removed])

NPR:Biden pledged to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt. Here's what he's done so far ([link removed])

Politico:POLITICO Playbook PM: SCOOP: Oz polls strong in Pa. Senate race ([link removed])

Axios:Vulnerable Democrats: Less Trump talk ([link removed])

E&E:‘Potemkin jobs’: GOP has no love for Civilian Climate Corps ([link removed])

AssumeTech:Bipartisan United States Senate decision over Saudi Arabia contradicts the wishes of the voters ([link removed])

Truthout:Senate Rejects Sanders’s Resolution to Block $650M Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia ([link removed])

WSWS:Union bureaucrats sell out Mississippi shipyard workers, force through contract extension ([link removed])

KMA Land:Survey: Democrats, Independents, Republicans Support Taxing Billionaires ([link removed])

Streetsblog NYC:Pedal Power: City Council Bill Might Speed Up Bike Lane Installation ([link removed])

Common Dreams:What Can Individual Bank Customers Do for Climate Justice? Unite. ([link removed])

NY Post:Attorney General Letitia James drops out of New York governor race ([link removed])

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