Dear MoveOn members,
Just two days ago, news broke that the GOP-packed Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. This devastating news means that in the coming days, at least 26 states will ban abortion, and many others will further restrict access to abortion.1
Andra, if you are outraged and heartbroken, you are not alone. Together, we can mourn, and then, when we're ready, turn our grief and rage into fuel for the fight ahead. 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 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 All of us must come together now, in solidarity with everyone who seeks abortions, especially our siblings in the 26 states that will ban and further restrict their bodily autonomy and access to abortion.
This will impact so many of us. This will harm and criminalize people who get abortions: women, trans people, and nonbinary people. And it will disproportionately impact Black people, Indigenous people, brown people, poor people, immigrants, disabled people, and young people who have historically been marginalized and faced with structural barriers, even when abortion was legal. That's why, as a community, we have to stick together as we continue to fight for bodily autonomy and universal health care for all.
There is absolutely no time to waste. President Biden can and must act now.
Republicans, who have won the presidential popular vote only once in the last 34 years, have engaged in a concerted effort to pack the Supreme Court with right-wing extremist judges, who have stripped us of our rights over and over again. In just the last few weeks, these extremist judges have ruled: that states are required to fund private religious schools; to strike down a gun violence prevention law in New York; that if police fail to inform us of our Miranda rights, we can't sue them; and that border patrol agents can enter any home within 100 miles of the border with no consequences.4,5,6,7
And it's not just the Supreme Court. The GOP's latest all-out attacks, from reproductive freedom, to bans on trans athletes, to bans on abortion at fertilization, to bans on gender-affirming care, are all about bodily autonomy–and are fundamentally connected. And Republicans have no intention of slowing down these attacks, so we have to lean into collectivism and fight back together.
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 by declaring a public health and national emergency around abortion and hiring federal abortion providers and dispatching them across the country.
Now is the time to make sure that our elected officials receive our message loud and clear: We won't go back.
Thanks for all you do.
–Jensine, Nakia, Jaira, Isbah, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights," CNBC, June 24, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163829?t=20&akid=326554%2E53570607%2Ez0f6zw
2. "What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas's Abortion Ban? Lots." The Nation, September 2, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/161937?t=22&akid=326554%2E53570607%2Ez0f6zw
3. "Thomas wants the Supreme Court to overturn landmark rulings that legalized contraception, same-sex marriage," NBC News, June 24, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163991?t=24&akid=326554%2E53570607%2Ez0f6zw
4. "The Supreme Court Just Fused Church and State — and It Has Even Uglier Plans Ahead," Rolling Stone, June 22, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163987?t=26&akid=326554%2E53570607%2Ez0f6zw
5. "Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law restricting concealed carry in major Second Amendment case," CNBC, June 23, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163988?t=28&akid=326554%2E53570607%2Ez0f6zw
6. "The Supreme Court Strips Us of Miranda Warnings," The Nation, June 23, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163989?t=30&akid=326554%2E53570607%2Ez0f6zw
7. "U.S. Supreme Court insulates federal agents from accountability," Reuters, June 10, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163990?t=32&akid=326554%2E53570607%2Ez0f6zw
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