Yesterday, a federal appellate court ruled that health care providers can no longer mail the abortion pill mifepristone to their patients, cutting off access to a safe and effective medication for countless people. Unless the Supreme Court overrides this decision, it will upend how people get abortion and miscarriage care – even in states where abortion is protected. The barriers to care will be greatest for people who live far (sometimes hundreds of miles) from a health center, and for people who live on low incomes, live with disabilities, or who are facing intimate partner violence. Mifepristone is an FDA-approved medication that's been used safely and effectively for abortion and miscarriage care for over 25 years. Yet anti-abortion politicians are obsessed with spreading lies and propaganda to restrict access to this medication in defiance of science, law, and public opinion. With this ruling, anti-abortion politicians are one step closer to their goal of ending all abortion access nationwide – but the fight's not over. This case is now going to the Supreme Court's emergency docket, where the justices will decide whether to overturn this baseless ruling or allow a major rollback in abortion access. However, these attacks won't end until Congress acts to protect our right to abortion once and for all.
Our right to reproductive freedom can't wait. Thanks for fighting with us, J.J. Straight |
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| Sign up for ACLU texts We respect your right to privacy – view our policy. This email was sent by: ACLU 125 Broad St. New York, NY 10004 MY E MAIL TO REP SUBRAMANYAM D-VA 10TH, SEN WARNER D-VA AND SEN KAINE D-VA As your constituent, I ask you to do everything in your power to ensure everyone has meaningful access to abortion care nationwide. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, America has been facing a reproductive health crisis. Abortion is banned or severely restricted in more than a dozen states, with devastating consequences. Not satisfied with that, anti-abortion politicians have launched a multi-front attack on medication abortion – and a federal court just agreed to make it harder for people everywhere in the country to get that care, even as the Trump administration has been laying the groundwork for new nationwide restrictions through a sham FDA review. We cannot fix this crisis without a federal right to abortion. Even under Roe v. Wade, people faced serious barriers to accessing abortion care due to cost, distance, arbitrary gestational limits, and immigration status. And many of those barriers still exist today in states where abortion remains legal. Any federal solution must not only restore the right to abortion nationwide but go beyond Roe and remove these barriers to access. We need a federal law that not only protects our right to abortion care but also ensures people can get the care they need, regardless of income, immigration status, or where they live. Though the Supreme Court has restored access to Mifepristone this is only until 11 May pending a decision by the court. Women must be guaranteed the right to make their own reproductive decisions, this is what the people want. The vast majority in the U.S. – across party lines, gender, age, race, and religion – support the right to abortion and believe politicians shouldn't interfere in our personal medical decisions. They've said so time and again, voting to protect abortion rights in states like Arizona, Missouri, and Ohio. Enough of these immoral, hypocritical pro birth laws the right wing "religious" social engineers propagandize as pro life being forced on the nation! Opposition to abortion is not pro life, it is pro birth. The morality of pro birthers is deeply lacking as they oppose taxes being spent to provide the funding necessary to provide food, shelter, healthcare and education for children they insist in being born. That’s why Congress must act to ensure everyone has access to abortion nationwide. Please commit to restoring a federal right to abortion and ensuring true access for all. Sincerely, |
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