Reproductive justice is civil rights justice, gender justice, and queer justice. Join us in the movement! TAKE ACTION

Friend,

Last year was a devastating year for reproductive rights. From the near-total abortion bans passing in some states, and the state legislative attacks on trans-youth health care, to the U.S Supreme Court seeming  poised to turn its back on the nearly 50-year precendent of Roe v. Wade; the need to protect access to abortion across the U.S. cannot wait. [1]

Urge your U.S. Senator to vote YES on the Women’s Health Protection Act ensuring access to abortion care across the nation without medically unnecessary restrictions, limitations, and bans. 

This important bill is gaining much needed momentum – and needs your help to win. In an historic vote, last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) and now we need the Senate to do the same. Why? WHPA is exactly what we need to protect our reproductive rights. It is federal legislation that will grant the right for health care providers to provide abortion care, free from medically unnecessary restrictions that impede access. In 2021, it became evident that state lawmakers are targeting people struggling financially, especially Black women and communities of people who are often marginalized, with policies that deny them the ability to make their own decisions about their health and economic security. [2][3]  We must continue to put pressure on lawmakers to make decisions that protect us, not harm us. 

Friend, join us by adding your name to our petition calling on the U.S. Senate to stand up for reproductive rights and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act!

We know that legal abortion has never been enough and that systemic racism, economic insecurity, and immigration status multiply the already-massive barriers to abortion care. If Roe fell, half the U.S. states could act immediately to prohibit abortion entirely. [4]  That’s why we have joined with All* Above All, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and so many others as we  continue our fight towards reproductive  justice. The time is now!

We’re urging the U.S. Senate to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, to lift statewide abortion coverage bans, protect immigrants seeking reproductive health care from deportation, and to make abortion care more accessible to everyone in need. We need our lawmakers to support policies that ensure everyone can get the abortion care they need to thrive in their communities and live their lives with economic security and dignity. The unprecedented pandemic has already disproportionately impacted Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities. Relief is needed now. 

Reproductive justice is civil rights justice, gender justice, and queer justice. Join us in the movement!

The more people who speak out, the bigger our impact. Please take a moment to forward our action link to your friends and family and share it on social media: https://action.momsrising.org/sign/WHPA2022/?t=14&akid=17660%2E2840598%2Euuuh0N 

We are powerful when we work together. 

Thank you,

- Diarra, Tina, Monifa, Kristin and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team

P.S. After signing, text WHPA to 747464 to call your U.S. Senator to vote YES on the Women’s Health Protection Act.  

References:

[1] State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy, Guttmacher Institute, 2022

[2] Women's Health Protection Act, Act For Women, 2022

[3] In Historic Vote, U.S. House Passes Women's Health Protection Act, Center for Reproductive Rights

[4] What If Roe Fell?, Center for Reproductive Rights

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