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John—
Anti-choice politicians in Missouri are pushing one of the cruelest and most extreme abortion bans we’ve ever seen.
This bill would ban ALL abortion in the state — full stop. But what makes this bill especially cruel is that it specifically directs police to “affirmatively enforce” the abortion ban by stopping women before they can access abortion care.1
This is the most dangerous time for abortion rights since Roe v. Wade was decided, and it’s going to take a massive, nationwide grassroots organizing effort to stop it.
Will you donate $15 to help stop Missouri’s radical abortion ban from ever becoming law?
The officials pushing this bill can’t give a straight answer regarding what powers it would give police to “affirmatively enforce” the ban — but since the bill bans abortion, there would be nothing stopping radical anti-choice officials from targeting and even criminally prosecuting women and doctors.2
With the Supreme Court poised to gut Roe v. Wade, we can no longer count on the courts to stop extreme abortion bans like this one. And with anti-choice legislators ready to deploy police officers to enforce their bans on abortion, we must act now to stop women from being criminalized for accessing care.
Will you donate $15 to help stop Missouri’s abortion ban from becoming law and defend Roe v. Wade?
Missouri already has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
The state’s last abortion clinic is on the verge of being shut down because of medically unnecessary licensing restrictions, and there’s a trigger ban in place that would automatically outlaw abortion if Roe falls.3
And Missouri also has some of the country’s most extreme anti-choice officials. In October 2019, it was even reported that some state health officials were tracking patients’ menstrual cycles without their consent.4
We need to fight back against these attacks on our reproductive freedom. Will you donate $15 to help stop Missouri’s abortion ban from becoming law and defend Roe v. Wade?
Thank you for all you do for reproductive freedom,
Ilyse Hogue
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America
With the support of people like you, we can make sure that freedom is for every body.
Sources:
1. A Missouri Bill Could Make Cops Go After Women Who Have Abortions, Vice, February 6, 2020.
2. Missouri lawmaker wants police officers to stop women from getting abortions, The Guardian, February 6, 2020.
3. Inside Missouri's last abortion clinic, CBS News, October 2, 2019.
4. “Failed” abortions, a period-tracking spreadsheet, and the last clinic standing: the controversy in Missouri, explained, Vox, October 31, 2019.
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