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John— A district court judge just stepped in to protect
abortion care in Alabama — for now.^1

But anti-choice extremists aren’t backing down. State by state, we’re
facing a coordinated attack on access to abortion care: In Mississippi,
the governor is trying to shutter the state’s only abortion clinic.^2 And
in Texas, providers have had to resort to petitioning the U.S. Supreme
Court to protect access.^3 We refuse to sit by and watch as our freedoms
are rolled back and our access to care is denied.

[ [link removed] ]NARAL Pro-Choice America is ready to fight — but with so many states
trying to ban abortion during this pandemic, we need your support,
John. Step
up with an emergency gift to defend reproductive freedom for every body,
everywhere.

[ [link removed] ]MAKE AN URGENT GIFT

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John—

Officials in a least 11 states — including Alabama, Alaska, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia
— are trying to ban abortion by using the COVID-19 pandemic as a
smokescreen.

If the last few weeks have shown us anything, it's that anti-choice
politicians will stop at nothing to ban abortion and exploit this crisis
to achieve their ultimate goal: controlling our bodies and restricting our
freedoms.

[ [link removed] ]With this dangerous wave of attacks on abortion during the COVID-19
pandemic, we need to fight like hell against these attempts to use
disinformation to ban abortion. But we need your support NOW to do it. If
you can, chip in $15 to protect reproductive freedom for
every body, everywhere.

Judges in Oklahoma and Ohio have stepped in to block orders from those
states — for now.^4 But we can’t rely on the courts to protect our rights
— not when the Trump administration and Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell have stacked the judiciary with two anti-choice Supreme Court
justices and dozens of anti-choice federal appellate and district court
judges at a breakneck speed.^5

You can bet that anti-choice politicians across the country won’t stop
pushing for these bans. It's not just about one state, or one elected
official: This is a national crisis for reproductive freedom.

77% of Americans support the legal right to abortion. The idea of using a
public health crisis for political gain or to push an extreme ideological
agenda is reckless and repugnant.

We need to act fast to stop these attempts to exploit the COVID-19
pandemic to ban abortion.

[ [link removed] ]Every single person who believes in the right to make personal
decisions about pregnancy free from political interference needs to step
up now. I'm counting on you,
John.
Please, make your emergency gift of $15 to NARAL Pro-Choice
America to help stop the bans »

I'm glad to know you’re a part of the community of more than 2.5 million
members who are with us in this moment. We are truly all in this together
— and now, we need you like never before.

Sincerely,

[5]Photo of Ilyse Hogue
Ilyse Hogue
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America

 

With the support of people like you, we can make sure that freedom is for
every body.

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Sources:

 1. [ [link removed] ]Federal judge: Alabama can’t ban abortions amid COVID-19, Advance
Local, Apr. 12, 2020.
 2. [ [link removed] ]Mississippi’s ‘Copy and Paste’ Abortion Ban, Mississippi Free
Press, Apr. 12, 2020.
 3. [ [link removed] ]U.S. Supreme Court asked to block Texas' abortion ban, CBS News,
Apr. 11, 2020.
 4. [ [link removed] ]Oklahoma, Ohio can't bar abortions during coronavirus crisis,
courts hold, Reuters, Apr. 6, 2020.
 5. [ [link removed] ]Trump, McConnell Keep Up Drive to Fill Up Courts Amid Outbreak,
Bloomberg, Apr. 4, 2020.


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