The 2021 NARAL Activist Summit starts tomorrow! There’s still time to join us for our two-day event chock-full of engaging sessions led by experts in the field that will give you the skills you need to fight for reproductive freedom — in the way that most interests you. Learn how to combat disinformation in the face of the biggest legal threat to Roe v. Wade in fifty years, hear from Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) on their intersectional approach to activism on behalf of reproductive freedom & racial justice, and dive into the scope of anti-choice attacks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). You won’t want to miss this, John.
In August, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, along with Reps. Diana DeGette, Barbara Lee, and Ayanna Pressley, will introduce a House resolution in support of medication abortion care policies that are equitable and based in science. The resolution will highlight the efficacy and safety of medication abortion and the harms of restricting access to care. It also calls for policies governing access to medication abortion care that are grounded in science and ensure equitable access for every body.
As they seek to end the constitutional right to abortion with a Supreme Court case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, anti-choice activists are falsely claiming they are “pro-woman.” This disinformation is a blatant attempt to distract from the reality that their agenda is rooted in controlling and surveilling women and pregnant people — look no further than Texas’ abortion ban for proof.
This month, litigation teams from the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, the Lawyering Project, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Texas, and others filed a federal lawsuit to block an extreme anti-choice law in Texas. The law (SB 8) — which is scheduled to go into effect on September 1st — bans abortion as early as six weeks, before many people even know they're pregnant and grants almost any person — a neighbor, coworker, or even a complete stranger — the power to sue someone for "aiding and abetting" a pregnant person seeking abortion care.
The state of repro freedom
