John,

We are at a national crossroads. We are bearing witness to an unprecedented rollback of our hard-won rights—our right to make personal and private decisions about our bodies and the families we create.

A radical and activist wing of the highest court in the land is aggressively seeking to overturn decades of precedent and to eviscerate the rights that generations before us struggled and sacrificed to ensure. While Senate Democrats worked to protect the right to choose by supporting the Women’s Health Protection Act, not a single Republican in the Senate joined them.

That’s why on Saturday we’re joining a diverse coalition to march for the right to access safe, legal abortions and reproductive healthcare.

Will you join us on Saturday? Click here to find your nearest rally.

Roe v. Wade was not decided in a vacuum, nor was its impact restricted to reproductive justice. While it had an immediate effect on women’s bodily autonomy and personal liberty, the decision echoed a right of privacy that protects intimate and personal decisions from governmental interference. Repealing Roe will have a disproportionate impact on women and girls of color, women in rural communities and low-income families.

Finally, the decision to overturn Roe would be a major change in Supreme Court jurisprudence, eroding rather than expanding rights. Which legal precedent will be shattered next—marriage equality, access to contraceptives, a woman’s right to vote, universal K-12 education, or desegregated schools?

That’s why we must all show up on Saturday. Let’s make sure the Supreme Court and politicians across this country hear us.

In unity,
Randi Weingarten
AFT President

Marietta English
AFT Women’s Rights Committee Chair

Karla Hernandez-Mats
AFT Women’s Rights Committee Vice Chair