Let's be clear: Abortion is health care and health care is a human right.
John,
Immediately after news broke that the Supreme Court had officially ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade and our constitutional right to abortion, Missouri became the first state in the country to make abortion illegal.
This will be remembered as a stain on our country’s history.
Obtaining an abortion at 18 after I was sexually assaulted at just 17 years old was the hardest decision I ever made. It took a long time to feel like me again. And although I felt so alone, I felt resolved in my decision and freed by the power I had to choose. So here’s my message to all the Black girls, women, and people who have had abortions and WILL have abortions: We have nothing to be ashamed of.
We live in a society that has failed to legislate love and justice for us. We are worthy of better. I know there’s a lot of fear right now, but please hear me out, this isn’t the end of our fight.
We need to take action ourselves — together, we need to show up for our neighbors no matter how hard or scary it gets. We need our movement to come together to protect abortion access for everyone, but especially Black, brown, low-income, queer, young folks, and people with disabilities who are disproportionately harmed by abortion bans.
We will organize harder than ever to abolish the filibuster to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act and expand our Supreme Court.
I promise you, John — we will not stop until abortion rights are guaranteed for all. I will continue this work alongside movement leaders and share our stories until action is taken.
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Your Congresswoman loves you,
Cori
