[1]Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate

Hey John,

Like a lot of you, I grew up in a pro-life home. But trust me, that’s not
where this story ends — let me explain.

My working-class Catholic parents were activists. They protested against
poverty, racism, nuclear weapons — and, also, abortion.

Once I got out of the house and finished school at Mizzou, I joined the
Marine Corps. Inevitably, I was deployed to our forever wars. Iraq once.
Afghanistan twice. When you’re deployed to a war zone in your 20s, you
learn a lot about yourself and the world around you.

On my deployments, I saw with my own eyes what it was like for women in
countries where abortion is outlawed. I saw the impact it had on their
health, on their freedom and opportunity, and on their economic liberty. I
saw how people in power used it to control people’s lives.

And I knew then and there: We can’t ever let this tyranny come to America.

But in recent years, a lot of the same politicians who demanded we keep up
our endless wars so we could "protect women and girls" have been engaged
in an active campaign to criminalize abortion in our country.

And now, with the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, they’re on the
brink of success. In Missouri, they outlawed abortion just minutes after
the decision was handed down — there aren’t even exceptions for survivors
of rape and incest.

So, I want to be clear about this: This is a Big Brother attack on all of
us. And I’m ready to fight back.

[ [link removed] ]Photo of Lucas protesting for abortion rights with a sign that reads:
STOP ABORTION BANS

In this campaign, I’m running to fundamentally change who has power in our
country — and that includes empowering everyday people to have control
over their lives and bodies.

That’s why in the U.S. Senate, I’ll do more than just fight to codify
protections for abortion access and to make the full spectrum of
reproductive healthcare available to all who need it — I’ll vote to end
the filibuster so we can actually get it done.

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or anything at all to my grassroots campaign today? Missourians deserve a
warrior who will fight for them in the U.S. Senate — and I’m ready to
serve.

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Many of you who grew up in pro-life families, like me, have already grown
to understand how important this fundamental right to reproductive
healthcare is. But if you’re not with us yet, all I ask is that you
consider the freedoms that veterans like me risked our lives to protect.

America isn’t free if its citizens can’t make decisions about their own
bodies, their own families, and their own economic opportunities — and
freedom is exactly what’s under attack here.

It’s a value I fought to protect as a U.S. Marine and it’s a fundamental
right I’ll always defend in the U.S. Senate. That’s my promise to you.

Thanks for hearing me out,

Lucas Kunce


 


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