Dear MoveOn member,
In the 100 days since the Trump-packed U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, at least 66 clinics across 15 states have been forced to stop offering abortions.1
There are now zero health care providers offering abortions in 14 of the 15 states.2
Zero.
Not when a girl is raped. Not when a woman is the victim of domestic violence. Not when there's a heart-wrenching fetal abnormality. And not when the person who is pregnant doesn't want to be or cannot be pregnant.
It's devastating, John. But we need to be clear-eyed that it may get a lot worse—and very quickly.
Senator Lindsay Graham has already proposed a national abortion ban in the Senate, and House Republicans are chomping at the bit to pass an abortion ban in the House—if they take over Congress in the midterm elections just a few weeks from now.3,4
And, in a terrifying development, the polls show Republicans gaining ground and now ahead in key races that will determine control of the House and Senate.5
MoveOn has been planning for this moment: We're running our biggest midterm election campaign in our 24-year history. And we're laser focused on turning out precisely the voters we need to win on Election Day.
But we can't do it without your support. As a grassroots organization, our resources come from people like you, chipping in whatever they can.
John, will you chip in $3 a week through Election Day to power this critically important work? (MoveOn will bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
The 15 states with at least 66 clinics no longer providing abortions are enforcing either total or six-week abortion bans.6
These states are home to about one-third of the total U.S. population of girls, women, transgender, and nonbinary people who can get pregnant.7
It's a gut-wrenching loss of freedom for millions of Americans. We have to fight back, starting with making November's election a referendum on abortion.
John, don't lose faith. The power is in our hands. If we come together, we can make history in November, stop Republicans from taking over Congress and banning abortion nationwide, and, if there's a real Democratic wave, even pass a law strengthening Roe and making it the law of the land once again.
Both futures are very possible. And what we do in the next 29 days will determine which future we live in. Let's make it a future where freedom actually rings.
Please, chip in $3 a week to power our work to reach 6.6 million "surge" voters—largely people of color and young voters who voted for the first time in 2018 or 2020 and may not vote this year—and turn them out to vote. (MoveOn will bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Thanks for all you do.
–Mana, Emily, Kelly, Elsie, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "100 Days Post-Roe: At Least 66 Clinics Across 15 US States Have Stopped Offering Abortion Care," The Guttmacher Institute, October 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168928?t=6&akid=335430%2E40999114%2EHcTVJ2
2. Ibid.
3. "What You Need to Know About the Bill to Ban Abortion Nationwide," Center for American Progress, September 16, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168680?t=8&akid=335430%2E40999114%2EHcTVJ2
4. Ibid.
5. "Republicans gain ground in Senate races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin," Politico, October 5, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168929?t=10&akid=335430%2E40999114%2EHcTVJ2
6. "100 Days Post-Roe: At Least 66 Clinics Across 15 US States Have Stopped Offering Abortion Care," Guttmacher Institute, October 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168928?t=12&akid=335430%2E40999114%2EHcTVJ2
7. Ibid.
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