Dear John,
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.
The GOP-packed Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade means that in more than half the country, abortion has been or will very soon be banned or severely restricted.1 If you’re outraged and heartbroken, you’re not alone. 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 Joe 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 There’s absolutely no time to waste. President Biden can and must act now.
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 to protect reproductive freedom.
Will you rise in solidarity and sign the petition demanding that President Biden take BOLD action and use his power to ensure access to abortion?
Add your name
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.
And it’s not just the Supreme Court. The GOP’s latest all-out attacks, from reproductive freedom, to bans on trans athletes, abortion at fertilization, and gender-affirming care, are all about destroying bodily autonomy–and are fundamentally connected. And Republicans have no intention of slowing down these attacks, so we have to flex our collective power and fight back together.
Now is the time to make sure that our elected officials receive our message loud and clear: We won’t go back.
Sign the petition and tell President Biden to take declare a public health and national emergency around abortion, and hire federal abortion providers to guarantee abortion access!
Thanks for all you do,
— MoveOn
Sources:
1."Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights," CNBC. June 24, 2022.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/24/roe-v-wade-overturned-by-supreme-court-ending-federal-abortion-rights.html
2."What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots." The Nation. September 2, 2021.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/texas-abortion-fight/
3."Thomas wants the Supreme Court to overturn landmark rulings that legalized contraception, same-sex marriage," NBC News,. June 24, 2022.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/thomas-wants-supreme-court-overturn-landmark-rulings-legalized-contrac-rcna35228
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