Jack, last week, after news broke that the U.S. Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, the law of the land that has federally protected abortion care for nearly 50 years, President Biden responded by saying:
"it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect a [person’s] right to choose. And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November."
In just two weeks, voters in a south Texas congressional district head to the polls and the result will have national implications. This will be the country's first test to elect an official that truly believes in a person's right to make their own decisions about their own body, or reelect the last remaining Democrat in Congress that opposes the right to safe and legal access to abortion care.
Daily Kos-endorsed candidate, Jessica Cisneros needs your help to turnout every pro-choice voter and beat this anti-choice Democrat. Please donate $5 to her campaign to help put her over the top.
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Amanda McKay, Daily Kos
Jack, there is one remaining Democrat in the U.S. House that opposes the right to safe and legal access to abortion care: Texas Representative Henry Cuellar. He is in a tight primary race for a May 24 runoff against Daily Kos-endorsed progressive Jessica Cisneros. Can you donate $5 NOW to help her beat him?
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With the news that the U.S. Supreme Court is intended to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal protection of abortion, legal protection will now fall to individual states.
There are 22 states that have some sort of abortion ban on the books. Texas is of course one of them, with some of the harshest abortion ban laws in the country.
Unfortunately, this means that abortion access will be out of reach for far too many Texans. One of our only hopes is to pass the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) which would codify Roe v. Wade. However, there was one House Democrat that voted against it – Henry Cuellar.
With the narrowest of majorities in Congress, if abortion rights comes up for a vote again in the House, Cuellar could become a barrier to it's passage.
With less than three weeks until the runoff, the race is very close. Cisneros needs your help to beat this anti-choice Democrat. Please donate $5 to her campaign to help put her over the top.
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Thanks for all you do,
Amanda McKay, Daily Kos
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