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John—

This week is National Women’s Health Week, where we aim to highlight women’s health issues and acknowledge the work still ahead to ensure women everywhere have access to the care they need.

This is especially meaningful to me. Before I ran for office, I worked for Planned Parenthood, traveling all over the country to raise funds to protect health care access for millions of Americans.

I saw that in so many areas of this country, Planned Parenthood clinics are one of the only sources of affordable health care—and not just abortion care. They are a critical lifeline to poor people, queer and trans folks, communities of color, and those living in isolated rural communities.

I also saw the unnecessary and cruel barriers to care in Republican-controlled states. In states that didn’t expand Medicaid, the need for affordable care at clinics was (and still is) overwhelming. While not lifting a finger to improve healthcare access, right-wing politicians used Planned Parenthood clinics and their staffs as scapegoats and political punching bags. Before the Dobbs decision, when they couldn’t ban abortion outright, they piled regulation after regulation on clinics that made operating nearly impossible, forcing many to close.

When Trump was elected in 2016, I couldn’t stop thinking about the real, terrifying impact that he would have—on Roe v. Wade , on women’s rights and LGBTQ+ freedom, and on the people I’d met around the country seeking safe, affordable, lifesaving care. That’s when I decided to run for office in Washington state.

I’m proud of all we achieved in Olympia to protect and expand access to reproductive health care, and now I’ve brought this fight to Congress with Trump in the White House once again.

Our work is far from over. This week Republicans are barreling forward with a plan to gut Medicaid women’s health nationwide. But this week and every week, I remain committed to safeguarding women’s health and defending and expanding reproductive freedom for all—and I hope you’ll stand with me.

—Emily



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