Allies,

Last Saturday marked 49 years since the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, establishing the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.

But even with half a century of Supreme Court precedent protecting abortion rights, people across the U.S. still can't access the abortion care they need. Roe is the floor, not the ceiling. We need stronger protections—we need the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA).

WHPA is a federal law that would ensure abortion is accessible to everyone, everywhere, free from medically unnecessary restrictions. As attacks on reproductive rights increase, we need our leaders to act now.

Join us in demanding the U.S. Senate pass WHPA and ACT FOR ABORTION ACCESS.

Last month, our litigators were at the Supreme Court defending the core holding of Roe: that every person has the right to decide whether to continue a pre-viability pregnancy. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, challenges a Mississippi ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and Mississippi has repeatedly and explicitly asked the Court to overturn Roe.

Our client, Jackson Women's Health Organization, has been the only abortion clinic in the state for more than a decade. And outside of Mississippi, nearly 90% of counties in states across the U.S. don't have a single abortion provider. The state of abortion access is dire, and it would only get worse if the Supreme Court were to gut or overturn Roe.

As we recognize another Roe anniversary, we must also accept the realities that so many are facing across the country.

We need a federal law that protects access to abortion care for ALL. We need WHPA. Tell your senators to protect abortion access today by asking them to pass WHPA!

Abortion is not a right if only some can access it. Thank you for being an ally in this fight.

Onward,

Center for Reproductive Rights