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John, I share the anger, outrage, and devastation that millions of Americans feel having lost fundamental, precedented constitutional protections to abortion care. Black people and people of color – who already have higher maternal mortality rates and face more barriers to accessing affordable, comprehensive health care — will experience disproportionate consequences from this decision allowing states to criminalize those seeking an abortion. Reproductive rights are a racial, economic, and LGBTQ+ justice issue. It’s an unconscionable decision that comes after a decades-long strategic assault by right-wing extremists. But this fight is NOT over. I’m renewing our efforts to expand our majorities in Congress so we can pass the Women’s Health Protection Act — legislation to enshrine reproductive rights which we already passed in the House, but failed in the Senate. We must abolish the filibuster if we have any hope of passing meaningful legislation to enshrine abortion rights into federal law. And to do that, we must organize and elect a Democratic majority that believes in reproductive freedom in the midterms and every election thereafter. I am doing everything I can to help elect Democrats to the Senate who support people's right to make their own health care decisions — personal decisions that politicians or judges have no place in making — so we can build an expanded majority that respects the right to privacy and bodily autonomy. There are so many leaders who are ready to lead with the urgency this moment requires, and they need our help. We need to defend vulnerable Senate Democrats like Catherine Cortez Masto and Raphael Warnock from far-right extremists. We need to flip seats and expand our pro-choice Senate majority to undo the filibuster by electing candidates like Cheri Beasley in North Carolina and Val Demings in Florida. I’ll be counting on your support to help us build a movement to turn out voters and elect an undeniable Senate majority that will support reproductive freedom — by abolishing the filibuster and sending the Women’s Health Protection Act to President Biden’s desk to enshrine abortion rights at the federal level. To those who don’t trust people to make their own health care decisions: We’ll see you in November. In solidarity, Barbara Lee
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