Dear John,
Earlier today, the Trump Court overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey –– decisions that had been the law of the land for decades. Why? Because the conservative justices believe that someone other than a pregnant person has a right to determine whether a pregnancy is carried to term.
Dobbs is a painfully patriarchal decision — and exactly the kind of analysis that Justice Ginsburg spent her entire career opposing, undermining, and eventually overcoming. Today’s ruling simultaneously insults her courageous legacy, our constitutional system, and basic human dignity.
We have a duty — to Justice Ginsburg, to the Constitution, and to each other — to fight back!
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Alliance for Justice and AFJ Action Campaign will be pushing the President and Senate Democrats to fill every one of the 120 judicial vacancies. Judges matter. It was lower court judges who started us on this path to overruling Roe and Casey . Going forward, it will be judges at all levels who can resist Dobbs’ dangerous effects and implications!
We must also channel our rage at this illegitimate ruling into demanding reform.
Here’s what you can do:
*
Call
your
Senators
at
(202)
224-3121
and
tell
them
to
abolish
the
filibuster
to
pass
the
Women’s
Health
Protection
Act
(WHPA)
and
take
back
our
courts
by
filling
every
vacancy
by
2023
and
expanding
the
Supreme
Court.
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Turn
out
to
the
U.S.
Supreme
Court
or
a
local
event
near
you
this
evening.
See
events
at
map.wewontgoback.com
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Donate
to
your
local
abortion
fund.
Abortion
funds
are
now
the
first
line
of
defense
for
those
in
need.
Find
your
local
abortion
fund
here.
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Make no mistake: This is the result of Republicans’ decades-long fight to install hyper-partisan judges on every level of our courts. Unfortunately, this is not the end. Justice Thomas has already announced that they should reconsider Griswold (contraception), Lawrence (fundamental LGBTQI+ equality), and Obergefell (marriage equality). We must do everything in our power to hold the line. Because if we fail, nothing will be left.
Sincerely,
Rakim Brooks
President
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