Call on Congress and all leaders to Stand up for Reproductive Rights! SIGN NOW

This is an emergency. We hope you saw our urgent message and action from late last week below. We’re reaching out again because since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, multiple states have already moved forward in their attempts to completely eradicate access to abortion care – going against, not only the majority of people in America which polls show support the right to abortion care, but also against our human right to bodily autonomy and right to choose what we want to do with our lives. 

This impacts families and moms more than most people realize since 6 in 10 people who have abortions are already mothers and parents. It’s an emergency. Tell Congress and all leaders that we need them to step in, right now, and protect our reproductive rights! 

We need urgent, swift action from our leaders as 8 states have already completely banned abortion and in 60% of states, abortion is severely restricted, soon-to-be banned, or under serious threat. [1]  These bans will force many people, particularly people of color and marginalized groups, into unwanted pregnancies, financial hardships, increased hurdles to receiving proper and affordable medical treatment, along with other consequential burdens that have the potential to cost lives.  

Join us and call on Congress and all leaders in our country to stand up for what is right!

Be clear: This is not the end. And you are not alone. We will keep being loud about our reproductive freedom together. We will keep taking action. We will keep speaking out. Right now, it is imperative that we pressure Congress to step in, not tomorrow but RIGHT NOW, and protect our rights. 

Now is not the time to stand down. We need our elected leaders to stand up! 

In Solidarity,

Diarra, Kristin, Tina, and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team

P.S. If you have a story or experience to share about abortion care and why access to this right is important, please share here so we can educate leaders and the media about what’s really going on. Your stories are so powerful that we have two ways you can share (and there’s even a option to share anonymously):

1. Share your story by typing in a few words or paragraphs: https://action.momsrising.org/survey/AbortionStories
   
2. Or easily record a short video on your phone or computer using our Soapboxx video platform and tell us why reproductive healthcare is important to you: https://momsrising.soapboxx.us/prompt-single/rj

P.P.S. If you want to contribute to local abortion funds, here is a link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds

References:
[1] “Tracking where abortion laws stand in every state”

---------- Forwarded message ---------
Date: Friday, June 24, 2022
From: Kristin, MomsRising.org ([email protected])
To: Friend
Subject: SIGN: Tell Congress to secure our rights to reproductive healthcare including abortion care

Friend - The unthinkable just became reality in the United States today as our highest court stripped away our autonomy, our right to be free and equal members of society, and our ability to access the reproductive health care we need. Everything has changed for every woman and every family in this country. The U.S. Supreme Court just gave lawmakers the right to deny us access to abortion care and to allow politicians to make our most personal decisions. 

To call this ruling deeply harmful and utterly wrong is a gross understatement – so we are calling on Congress and all leaders to take immediate action to secure our rights to reproductive healthcare including abortion care.

Six in ten people who have abortions are moms, and moms want abortion care to be accessible to all who need it. In fact, polls show the majority of people in America agree. 

Being able to choose if we have children, and if so, when and how many children to have, which includes access to abortion care, is a fundamental human right. And MomsRising stands to continue the fight to help protect that right: WE NEED YOUR HELP. 

*SIGN HERE: Join us in telling Congress and key leaders to stand up immediately to protect our access to the full suite of reproductive healthcare including abortion care right now. 

Without question, low-income women, women of color, young and immigrant women, rural women, people with disabilities and those who are LGBTQ will suffer the most because of this ruling. It will have devastating health and economic consequences and return us to the days when pregnant people suffer and die without the health care they need.

Now, corrupted by cynical right-wing politicians and a very loud vocal minority, our highest court just ignored decades of established precedent and taken away a basic liberty. This ruling imperils not just our right to abortion care but also our access to birth control, marriage equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and more. It will exacerbate systemic racism, misogyny, and economic insecurity.

*NOW IS THE TIME TO SEND AS MANY SIGNATURES AS POSSIBLE TO CONGRESS AND ALL LEADERS TO SHOW OUR OUTRAGE AND TO BUILD POWER FOR CHANGE. SIGN ON HERE.

→ After you sign, please take a moment to share this action link on social media, to forward this email, and to help get as many signatures as possible for us to hand deliver to leaders as we demand change. 

This U.S. Supreme Court decision is not what the country wants or needs. It is tyranny of the minority, a failure of democracy, and a denial of our essential liberties. We note that the same people who support abortion bans have long opposed free birth control, improved maternal health care, paid family and medical leave, affordable child care, and other measures that support healthy children and families. America’s moms will fight for what the country deserves: Lawmakers who will protect our liberties and a judiciary that supports equal justice for all. 

Reproductive rights are human rights. Forced births are never okay.

We are an official partner with the BansOffOurBodies campaign which means we will be in D.C. with other reproductive rights organizations like Women’s March, UltraViolet, MoveOn, the Liberate Abortion Campaign, NARAL, SEIU, ACLU, and United State of Women to take immediate action. We will respond boldly, loudly— we will not back down. Thank you to all of you, who have taken action in solidarity with this movement! 

Join us in telling Congress and key leaders to act now!

Thank you for standing with us -

- Amanda, Amber, Beatriz, Beth, Brenna, Claudia, Dede, Diana, Diarra, Donna, dream, Elyssa, Felicia, Gina, Gloria, Hanna, Jacqueline, Jessica, Jordan, Joy, Julia, Karen, Keisha, Kelle, Kelsey, Kristin, Lauren, Leanne, Linda, Lisa, Lucrecer, MacKenzie, Maggie, Mandy, Monifa, Nadia, Namatie, Nancy, Nate, Nina, Ruby, Ruth, Selina, ShaRanda, Sheila, Sue Anne, Tasmiha, Taylor, Tina, Tola, and Xochitl

P.S. If you have a story or experience to share about abortion care and why access to this right is important, please share here: https://momsrising.soapboxx.us/prompt-single/rj

P.P.S. If you want to contribute to local abortion funds, here is a link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds

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