Friends — I’ve said before that this campaign, here in Colorado’s 7th District, could determine whether or not abortion rights in this country are protected.

It’s one of the biggest contrasts of the race: I am staunchly pro-choice, while my opponent applauded the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and even supports the cruel Texas abortion ban, which includes no exceptions for rape or incest.

So let me talk a bit about what this country will look like if my opponent has the opportunity to implement his extreme anti-choice agenda.

It looks like doctors being arrested for the act of performing abortion care.

It looks like women being arrested for deciding that now is not the time to start a family.

It looks like Colorado’s protections for the right to choose getting overturned.

It looks like women who miscarry being forced to carry their babies to term.

I’m not laying out these possibilities to scare you. I’m simply being candid that if an anti-choice governing majority gains power, the impact on women’s rights will be grave.

As your Congresswoman, I will fight with everything I’ve got to protect and restore the right to choose. But I am up against over $4 million in spending from anti-choice special interests — and I can’t defeat them without your help. Will you stand with me today?

Now is the time for us to stand up for our rights and send a clear message — here in Colorado, we will not give anti-choice politicians like my opponent the power to decide what women can and can’t do with their own bodies and lives.

Thank you,

Brittany Pettersen