Last night, documents confirmed that the conservative Supreme Court majority is drafting an opinion that, if released next month, would strike down Roe v. Wade. This would eliminate Americans' constitutional right to abortion, and reject 50 years of legal precedent and the will of the vast majority of Americans.
This news is devastating, and the chilling effects this ruling would have on the health and safety of people across the country—particularly those in rural communities, individuals with lower income, women, and people of color—cannot be overstated.
The GOP has been playing the long game: chipping away at reproductive rights for decades by electing increasingly far-right candidates at all levels of government, undermining the confirmation process to stack the Supreme Court with conservative justices, and enacting trigger laws that, in the absence of Roe, would immediately make abortion illegal. There are currently 22 states across the country that are certain to outlaw abortion should the Court strike down Roe.
This multi-pronged attack on abortion access demands a multi-pronged response.
In the immediate, we need to do all we can to make sure abortion providers have the resources they need to continue providing care, and to make sure anyone who needs an abortion knows how to access that care safely, no matter what state they live in.
Long term, we must protect abortion access by electing more pro-choice Democrats to the U.S. House, Senate, governorships, and state legislatures in red states and blue states to build power at all levels of government.
Here are some ways you can get involved:
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