Friends,

Today is a tragic day in American history, but I must impart on you one thing above all else – we cannot lose hope. The powers that be want us disempowered, disconnected and disengaged. But we will not let them break our spirits or push us to despair.

We are more determined than ever. Solidarity is crucial now.

The criminalization of abortion is highly disturbing to me. This tragic decision to overturn Roe and its 50 year precedent will not stop abortions, it will stop safe abortions. It will push women to the brink and endanger their lives.

The radical right-wing court has condemned a new generation of women, but this fight is far from over. It’s time to elect politicians who care about women and who will fight for us. Chip in today and help get me, the only woman in this race, to Congress to take on the fight.

By taking the decision away from women and putting the very personal decision of motherhood in the hands of state governments, we are creating an even more unequal playing field for women. We are robbing women of their agency, their self-determination, and their freedom to be in control of their own choices and lives.

Will you support our pro-woman campaign and help get someone to Congress who knows what Americans really want?

Our daughters have less freedom than our mothers did, and we cannot allow anti-freedom fundamentalist Republicans to win. This is only the beginning, they will now turn their attention to making abortion illegal federally and we cannot sit back and let women die.

Overturning Roe v. Wade disproportionately affects working class women and women of color by stifling their opportunities for liberating participation in the economy and workforce. The fight for reproductive justice is the fight for women's autonomy. Every woman has the right to choose if she wants to be a mother or not. The working class progressive movement is more crucial than ever.

This is an act of violence against every person with a uterus in this country, and solidarity and resilience are our only options. Will you chip in to our campaign and join the fight for reproductive rights and women's autonomy.

Solidarity forever.

Sarah Klee Hood