People For Supporter –
While the decision was expected, we were stunned when this past Friday, a far right majority on the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
The extremist court, dominated by ultraconservative partisans, has now given the go-ahead for states to criminalize people for accessing or providing abortion care. This is not the end, so now we must mobilize like our lives depend on it – because they do.
We cannot fight this fight alone. We must navigate this together in every way available to us — by providing interpersonal and mutual aid support within our communities, by lifting up and donating to abortion funds, by loudly voicing our support for abortion providers and clinics, and – most critically – by passing legislation to enshrine the right to abortion into federal law.
Congress failed to take meaningful action to enact safeguards to protect abortion ahead of Roe falling. The House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act last year, which would codify Roe and strike down insidious barriers to care, but it did not pass in the Senate.
One failed vote does not mean we give up. Abortion care has never been at greater risk during our lifetimes than it is right now. To save every person’s right to access abortion care – and the huge number of lives at risk – we need urgent action in the Senate.
Thanks for everything you do,
– Ben Jealous, President
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