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Dear Friend,
Last night, you might have been watching the Met Gala or wrapping up your
normal Monday evening activities when a leaked draft opinion of the
Supreme Court’s vote to overturn abortion rights landed in our news
notifications. Their only goal: to strike down Roe v. Wade, decided in
1973, and strip women of their human right to bodily autonomy. Now more
than ever, we need your stories and we need your support!
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reproductive health care!
Before we get into the details, we want to make the facts known: Abortion
is still legal and is accessible by LAW. The leaked draft order is NOT a
final and/or official opinion. However, the outcome is still very possible
and if Roe is overturned, it would mean 26 states would quickly move to
make abortion care illegal. Thirteen of those 26 states have laws in
place, at this very moment, that could immediately go into effect should
Roe fall, consequently leaving 36 million women without access – that’s
nearly half of the population of women of reproductive age and people who
can become pregnant in the United States.
If you’ve been tracking this with us, you know that we have been preparing
for this very moment for months. [1] When Texas Governor Greg Abbott
signed into law the most dangerous bill, also known as SB. 8, which banned
abortion at 6 weeks of pregnancy (a stage when most women do not even know
they’re pregnant), we were distraught. Still, we persisted, pushed our
demands, and kept the pressure on the U.S. Senate. Our persistence is the
reason why we were able to get the Women’s Health Protection Act passed in
the U.S. House of Representatives. Now is not the time to back down.
[ [link removed] ]We can do this. We can win. But we have to work together. Make a
contribution towards our movement for reproductive justice!
If the Supreme Court of the United Stats (SCOTUS) leak reflects the final
decision overturning Roe, we will see an increase in maternal morbidity
rates across the board. The CDC says, about 700 women in the U.S. die
annually as a result of pregnancy or related complications and at least
50,000 women each year experience potentially life-threatening
complications in childbirth that can have serious and life-long
consequences for women and their families. Black women are three times
more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women. The
act of abortion will not simply go away when bans are enacted. More people
will die from unsafe abortions, and because racial disparities and social,
health, environmental, and economic determinants already exists, the
highest amount of people that will die annually from unsafe abortions will
be Black women and women of color. There is no nice way to put it, our
literal lives are on the line.
Read our statements from Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, Kristin
Rowe-Finkbeiner and Campaign Director for Reproductive Justice, Diarra
Aida Diouf:
“Abortion is legal in the United States today but if the SCOTUS opinion
leaked to Politico prevails, everything – everything – will change for
every woman and every family in this country. The Court seems poised to
strip away our right to privacy and with it women’s autonomy and right to
be free and equal members of society, our ability to make fundamental
decisions about our lives, and to access the health care we need. What for
50 years has been unthinkable will become every woman’s reality.
“Being able to choose if, when, and how many children to have, which
includes access to abortion care, is a fundamental right. The majority of
people who seek abortion care are moms, and our lives will change in
fundamental, truly appalling ways. Initially, lawmakers in 26 states where
36 million women live will deny us access to abortion care. They will be
making the most personal decisions of our lives for us, ignoring medical
standards. Without question, low-income women, women of color, young and
immigrant women, and those who are LGBTQ will suffer the most. And at some
point if we have a hostile Congress and President, every woman in America
will lose these fundamental rights.
“This ruling would imperil not just our fundamental right to abortion care
but also our right to access birth control. This is not what the country
wants. It would be tyranny of the minority, a failure of democracy, and a
denial of our essential freedoms.”
-Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO,
MomsRising
“If this opinion stands, it would have devastating health and economic
consequences for pregnant people, who would once again suffer and die,
taking us backward from the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which the Court
should have secured and expanded, not taken away. And we note that the
same people who support abortion bans have long opposed free birth
control, improved maternal health care, paid family/medical leave,
affordable childcare, and more.
“We fear now that the Supreme Court will reverse other fundamental rights,
including marriage equality, LGBTQ rights, and more.
“Moms – and women – must be able to make our own decisions about our
bodies, our lives and our futures.”
-Statement of Diarra Aida Diouf, Campaign Director, Maternal Justice,
Reproductive Justice and Youth Justice, MomsRising [2]
All over the country, organizations and activists are working hard to
protect our reproductive rights. Right now, thousands of us are rallying
at courthouses in dozens of cities across the country and we are in for a
long fight. [ [link removed] ]We need support through donations for the next phases of
our fight. Are you ready?
In Solidarity,
-Diarra, Kristin, Monifa, Tina, and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder
Team
P.S. [ [link removed] ]Click here to share your story with us! We will gather our voices
and pressure federal and state elected leaders to act now!
P.P.S. To make a direct donation to the National Network of Abortion
Funds, which works to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion
access for millions across the country, [ [link removed] ]click here. Use the [ [link removed] ]M+A
Hotline if you or someone you love needs a confidential, private and
secure phone and text hotline for self-managed miscarriage or abortion. If
you or someone you love have questions about self-managed abortion and the
law, the Repro Legal Helpline is a free, confidential source for legal
advice and information on self-managed abortion. Visit
[ [link removed] ]ReproLegalHelpline.org or call 844-868-2812.
References:
[1] “[ [link removed] ]Reproductive Justice: Here’s What You Need to Know”
[2] “[ [link removed] ]SCOTUS Seems Poised to Put Women & Moms on the Brink”
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