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On Friday, June 24th, the movement for choice and freedom was devastated. The overthrow of the Roe v. Wade case means that women dismantle their right to make decisions about their bodies and terminate their constitutional rights for nearly 50 years. This decision ends essential medical care and moves towards criminalization of millions.
This Supreme Court is not in step with the will of the people, like the Republicans who confirmed them. Senator McConnell made it very clear that the country's abortion ban is possibleand called Friday's decision "courage and right"
The EMILY list has been alarming for years and you won't be surprised by Friday's decision. But we are ready for the battle of life.
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Looking back on this dark day, I hope that federal protection will decline. The hands of the state to see, my responsibilities, and the mission of the Emily's List must be clearer and more shared vision in order to function. Especially at the state and local levels,democratic Abortion-right womenneed to be elected.
The reasons are as follows.
In states like New York and Michigan, it is democratic abortion-right women who work overtime to protect women's rights.
Selected activists raise a sign in front of the Supreme Court Standing reading, "abortion legal affairs". (Photo by Joshua Comins / Fox News)
To prepare for the surge in women who are likely to come to New York for an abortionNew New York Attorney General Letitia Jameshas worked to set up a state fund to pay abortion providers and offset the costs of low-income and uninsured or uninsured abortion patients. Make New York a safe haven for those seeking access to care.
New York Attorney General of New York Letitia James Speaks Tuesday, May 3, 2022, a rally in New York to support the right to abortion. (AP Photo / Jason DeCrow)
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In Michigan, even before this decision, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has filed a proceeding seeking to keep abortion legal in her state in case this day comes. I woke it up. On Friday, she reaffirmed her commitment to and "to protect the rights of all Michiganers to make decisions about their body with the advice of trusted medical professionals. Fight like hell. "
Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the drive-in campaign On October 31, 2020, we will meet with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama on Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan. ( Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
And for those who believe that voting is not important, I'm them To point out states such asNevada, Colorado, New Mexico, electing a sufficient number of democratic abortion women to the state council rolls back our rights. It did not mean to protect abortion.
Elected democratic Abortion-right women are also speaking with their living experiences for the millions of people who are silent at this moment.
I am in awe of elected officials like Cori Bush, Missouri, who continue to share the story of abortion all day long to show the impact of this decision on humans. Was holding. I have it for people all over this country.
D-Ill, Congressman Marie Newman, defeated one of the last anti-selective Democrats in 2020. , recently shared the story of her abortion. She felt forced to do so after her leaked draft opinion.
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Democracy elected at the state and local levels Professional choice women are doing the same.
Rochelle Garza is running for the Attorney General of Texas. Garza sued the Trump administrationin 2017 on behalf of an undocumented teenager seeking access to abortion.
Our vote is our voice. In November, abortions will be voted on in states across the country, and we need to vote that way.
These women incorporate a deep and personal life experience, a history of fighting for the rights of others and taking them to the Hall of Fame. increase. They literally put themselves on the line.
It is the officials elected with such courage to represent me and my daughter.
On Friday, June 24th, one thing was revealed to me. Republicans can't stop the fight because they don't stop at this radicalism. Our vote is our voice. In November,abortions will be posted on ballotsin states across the country and must be voted as such.
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Friday has been prepared by my team and I since then It was the day of the decision I had made before the draft opinion was leaked in May.
I'm sad and angry, but I'm ready. If you're reading this and you feel like the majority of Americans, you know that choosing a democratic abortion-right woman you live in will be your first line of defense. increase.
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Lafonza Butler is Emily's The president of Liszt. Her mission is to elect democratic pro-choice women above and below ballots across the country.
