[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: President Biden CAN AND MUST use all his power to
ensure access to abortion by declaring a public health and national
emergency around abortion.

Dear MoveOn members,

Just two days ago, news broke that the GOP-packed Supreme Court overturned
Roe v. Wade. This devastating news means that in the coming days, at least
26 states will ban abortion, and many others will further restrict access
to abortion.^1

John, if you are outraged and heartbroken, you are not alone.
Together, we can mourn, and then, when we’re ready, turn our grief and
rage into fuel for the fight ahead. Millions of people across the country
will feel the effects of this decision. Many will feel it today. 

Right now is a time that calls for bold action. And President Biden can
step up to protect abortion, too—starting by declaring a public health and
national emergency around abortion and by hiring federal abortion
providers and dispatching them across the country.^2 All of us must come
together now, in solidarity with everyone who seeks abortions, especially
our siblings in the 26 states that will ban and further restrict their
bodily autonomy and access to abortion.

[ [link removed] ]Will you rise in solidarity and sign the petition demanding that
President Biden use the power he has to ensure access to abortion?

This will impact so many of us. This will harm and criminalize people who
get abortions: women, trans people, and nonbinary people. And it will
disproportionately impact Black people, Indigenous people, brown people,
poor people, immigrants, disabled people, and young people who have
historically been marginalized and faced with structural barriers, even
when abortion was legal. That’s why, as a community, we have to stick
together as we continue to fight for bodily autonomy and universal health
care for all.

[ [link removed] ]There is absolutely no time to waste. President Biden can and must act
now.

Add your name to tell President Biden: Declare a public health and
national emergency around abortion, and hire federal abortion providers to
guarantee abortion access!

[4]Sign the petition now

And overturning Roe v. Wade is just the tip of the iceberg. Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas (whose wife played an active role in the January 6
insurrection), wrote a concurring opinion that Obergefell, Griswold, and
Lawrence should be revisited, too. These are the rulings that protect
contraception, same-sex relationships, and marriage equality for the
LGBTQ+ community.^3 It is so scary.

Republicans, who have won the presidential popular vote only once in the
last 34 years, have engaged in a concerted effort to pack the Supreme
Court with right-wing extremist judges, who have stripped us of our rights
over and over again. In just the last few weeks, these extremist judges
have ruled: that states are required to fund private religious schools; to
strike down a gun violence prevention law in New York; that if police fail
to inform us of our Miranda rights, we can’t sue them; and that border
patrol agents can enter any home within 100 miles of the border with no
consequences.^4,5,6,7

And it’s not just the Supreme Court. The GOP’s latest all-out attacks,
from reproductive freedom, to bans on trans athletes, to bans on abortion
at fertilization, to bans on gender-affirming care, are all about bodily
autonomy–and are fundamentally connected. And Republicans have no
intention of slowing down these attacks, so we have to lean into
collectivism and fight back together. 

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition and tell President Biden to declare a public health
and national emergency around abortion, and hire federal abortion
providers to guarantee abortion access!

There are so many ways to take action right now. And in addition to
donating to organizations doing reproductive justice work on the ground,
attending protests, volunteering for and voting for progressive Democrats
up and down the ballot in local and national elections, we can demand that
President Biden use all of his power by declaring a public health and
national emergency around abortion and hiring federal abortion providers
and dispatching them across the country.

Now is the time to make sure that our elected officials receive our
message loud and clear: We won’t go back.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this urgent petition, and then pass it
along to all of your loved ones to spread the word as far as possible.

Thanks for all you do. 

–Jensine, Nakia, Jaira, Isbah, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal
abortion rights," CNBC, June 24, 2022
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2. "What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots." The
Nation, September 2, 2021
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3. "Thomas wants the Supreme Court to overturn landmark rulings that
legalized contraception, same-sex marriage," NBC News, June 24, 2022
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4. "The Supreme Court Just Fused Church and State — and It Has Even Uglier
Plans Ahead," Rolling Stone, June 22, 2022
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5. "Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law restricting concealed
carry in major Second Amendment case," CNBC, June 23, 2022
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6. "The Supreme Court Strips Us of Miranda Warnings," The Nation, June 23,
2022
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7. "U.S. Supreme Court insulates federal agents from accountability,"
Reuters, June 10, 2022
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