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Sunday marked 100 days since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a devastating decision that has left millions struggling to access essential abortion care.
We’ve broken down the repercussions of this decision over the last 100 days, by the numbers. 🧵⬇️
We’ve broken down the repercussions of this decision over the last 100 days, by the numbers. 🧵⬇️
People across the U.S. seeking abortions are being forced to cross state lines, traveling hundreds of miles to access essential care.
Consequently, clinics in states where abortion is legal have become inundated with out-of-state patients.
Consequently, clinics in states where abortion is legal have become inundated with out-of-state patients.
We continue to #ActForAbortionAccess in support of #WHPA and the EACH Act. These two bills are critical to ensure that people can get the health care they need and MUST be passed by Congress. 📣
Right now, the House Judiciary Committee is having a hearing on "the Threat to Individual Freedoms in a Post-Roe World." Our liberties are at stake. Watch and listen here: judiciary.house.gov/calendar/event…
Chairman Nadler makes it clear: conservative judicial activists on the Supreme Court are threatening our arc towards progress and collective freedom. Under the reasoning of the Dobbs decision, other individual freedoms are under attack.
Of course Rep. Jordan (1) cites the Court's opinion cabining the impact to the right to abortion as though they didn't pull the same bait and switch with the ACA birth control cases, (2) mischaracterizes WHPA, and (3) cries about people being upset with the Justices.
📅FRIDAY: The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act #WHPA—a federal bill that would protect the right to access abortion. #ActForAbortionAccess
The House of Representatives first passed #WHPA in September 2021, weeks after Texas’s 6-week abortion ban went into effect.
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the House is once again taking up this essential legislation. Tell Congress to VOTE YES for #WHPA! bit.ly/3auX50x
15 minutes until we get started! Tune in to see PRH Board Member @unbossedmd, @TexanHispasian, and @michelebgoodwin testify before Congress! We'll be live-tweeting the action so that you don't miss anything. #BansOffOurBodies #LiberateAbortion
Three more minutes! Yall ready? We are so excited to hear from an abortion provider, an abortion storyteller, and an abortion rights expert. These are the voices we should be listening to. #BansOffOurBodies #LiberateAbortion
Let’s get started! Thank you Chairman @RepJerryNadler and Members of the Committee for organizing this important panel on the abortion access crisis we’re facing across the country. #BansOffOurBodies #LiberateAbortion
For 49 years, Liberty's torch shone to ensure basic human dignity to women and their choices.
Now, #TeamCoup wants to roll back the clock to snuff out our torch.
#TeamYOU trusts you to make decisions for your body, your life, your family. Time to choose.
#WHPA #RoeVWade #GMW4U
Now, #TeamCoup wants to roll back the clock to snuff out our torch.
#TeamYOU trusts you to make decisions for your body, your life, your family. Time to choose.
#WHPA #RoeVWade #GMW4U
When I got my abortion Roe v. Wade didn’t exist. I had to travel to Juárez, Mexico with $200 to a back-alley clinic.
I knew for many Black women and girls septic abortions were a leading cause of death. I was fearful and worried, but thankfully I survived.
I know firsthand what life was like without Roe v. Wade but most young people don’t—and they shouldn’t have to.
We can’t go back. We need to organize, organize, organize and pass the #WHPA.
We can’t go back. We need to organize, organize, organize and pass the #WHPA.
“We now have the evidence to support a story of the worst presidential political crime against the union in American history.” Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin @January6thCmte @jamie_raskin #January6th
@RepRaskin @January6thCmte @jamie_raskin #January6th
Laurence Tribe describes what “is being bandied about as the technique that they hope to use if they get Gorsuch and Kavanaugh and Alito and Thomas on board… to take the next election regardless of who wins.”
@tribelaw @JoyAnnReid @thereidout #TheReidOut
@tribelaw @JoyAnnReid @thereidout #TheReidOut
“In America, you have the right to seek the truth and speak the truth, even if it makes people in power uncomfortable… If Russian journalists [had such freedom] would they use it in the same way? Ask yourself that question every day.”
@Trevornoah #WHCD
@Trevornoah #WHCD
During this press conference, @SenSchumer made one of the most stomach churning claims I’ve heard about abortion. He claimed that pro-laws “largely fly in the face of public opinion, common sense, and frankly, common decency.”
Get ready for a 🧵 on why that’s so wrong!
Get ready for a 🧵 on why that’s so wrong!
Pro-life laws regulating and/or restricting abortion are NOT, for most part, against public opinion. The most recent @maristpoll/@KofC poll released last month shows that 71% of Americans want aborted restricted. kofc.org/en/resources/c…
It’s particularly worth highlighting late-term abortion, as #WHPA would’ve legalized abortion until birth, making @SenSchumer’s comments particularly appalling. Here’s link of former abortionist explaining late-term induction method in @LiveAction project. abortionprocedures.com/induction/
Today, the Senate will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would safeguard abortion care from restrictions across the U.S. If enacted, #WHPA would protect this critical care, even if #RoevWade falls.
Here’s what the data says about why access to abortion matters.⬇️
Here’s what the data says about why access to abortion matters.⬇️
Our #TurnawayStudy found that women who are denied an abortion suffer significant negative consequences, compared to those who get the abortion they seek:
In the #TurnawayStudy, we followed 1,000 women over five years after they sought an abortion. We tracked their physical & mental health, finances, family relationships, & career aspirations. This infographic sums up what we found. ansirh.org/research/infog…
#BREAKING: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) announced that the Senate will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (#WHPA) on February 28. 👏 #WHPA is federal legislation that would protect the right to abortion. #ActForAbortionAccess
This historic vote will be the first time the Senate votes on standalone legislation to enshrine the right to abortion in federal law. We applaud @SenSchumer for taking this important step and the Senators who have championed this bill for years. 👏👏👏
A statement from Nancy Northup, Center CEO: “We are thrilled that the Senate is addressing the urgent need to protect abortion access across the nation. The Supreme Court has failed to stop the Texas abortion ban and is entertaining Mississippi’s quest to overturn Roe v. Wade...”
“President* Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election… Frankly there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.”
@Mike_Pence (on Feb 4, 2022) #LegitimatePoliticalDiscourse?
@Mike_Pence (on Feb 4, 2022) #LegitimatePoliticalDiscourse?
“If I run and if I win we will treat those people from January 6 fairly. And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.”
Donald Trump dangling pardons for insurrectionists, 1/29/22
Donald Trump dangling pardons for insurrectionists, 1/29/22
“Lincoln said those who embrace sedition and turn backs on the Constitution threaten to ‘destroy the only democracy in existence and prove for all time — to both future Americans and the world — that a government of the people could not survive.’”@tribelaw
Jewish tradition recognizes abortion as essential health care that is not only permitted but in some cases required by our tradition.
Some examples: (thread)
#Jews4AbortionAccess #WHPA #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionIsEssential #AbortionJustice
ncjw.org/WHPA
Some examples: (thread)
#Jews4AbortionAccess #WHPA #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionIsEssential #AbortionJustice
ncjw.org/WHPA
"The Torah has granted the physician permission to heal, and it is a religious duty which comes under the rule of saving an endangered life. If he withholds treatment, he is regarded as one who sheds blood.” (Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De’ah 336:1)
ncjw.org/WHPA
ncjw.org/WHPA
The great physician and rabbi Maimonides stated that “if a woman is in hard labor…her life takes precedence over [the fetus’] life.” A woman is forbidden from sacrificing her own ...
ncjw.org/WHPA #Jews4AbortionAccess #WHPA
ncjw.org/WHPA #Jews4AbortionAccess #WHPA
“727 insurrectionists arrested… Who else should be jailed for this unsuccessful coup?” @colbertlateshow
“The threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills. Debate them, vote… If that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster.” @JoeBiden
“[President* Trump] was in the dining room, gleefully watching on his TV as he often did — ‘look at all of the people fighting for me’ — hitting rewind, watching it again…”
former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham to CNN
former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham to CNN
“We must decide what kind of nation we [will] be. Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? Are we going to be a nation where we allow partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people?” @JoeBiden
“727 insurrectionists arrested… Who else should be jailed for this unsuccessful coup?” @colbertlateshow
The Women’s Health Protection Act #WHPA will establish in federal law the right for people to receive abortion care free from interference. Codifying bodily autonomy. -- @AyannaPressley in #NN21 @wedemandjustice plenary panel on SCOTUS. Calls on @SenSchumer to call for a vote
"The power of the people has always been greater than the people in power! As @MsLaToshaBrown says organized power is realized power!" - @RepPressley #NN21
We have a pro-choice majority for the first time and its time to act like it! - @AyannaPressley #NN21
HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform is holding a hearing on the urgent need to protect and expand abortion rights and access.
🔴 Watch the hearing live:
🔴 Watch the hearing live:
“The right to abortion is rendered meaningless without access.” —@RepMaloney
"Let me be very clear, access to abortion is a freedom that is essential to Americans' ability to control their own bodies and decide their own future.” —@RepMaloney
#AbortionIsEssential
#AbortionIsEssential
HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the Supreme Court's shadow docket and the harms of Texas' unconstitutional abortion ban #SB8.
🔴 Watch this hearing live: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/texas…
🔴 Watch this hearing live: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/texas…
“It’s important to understand that #SB8 was preceded by policies and legislation that reduced access to care by creating medically unnecessary obstructions to health care…#SB8 was the culmination of a decade of erosion of access to abortion health care.” @DonnaHowardTX
"This is about personal freedom and respecting that women know what is best for them, their family, and their destinies. This is about health care and trust in the doctor-patient relationship." —@DonnaHowardTX
Today the U.S. House passed historic legislation that would help us fight back against abortion bans in our states. Thank you to our reproductive health care champions for supporting the Women's Health Protection Act! #WHPA #BansOffOurBodies
Last week, @RepDelBene and @RepKimSchrier joined us to speak on the importance of securing access to abortion care. The #WHPA is an essential step in protecting access, and we're grateful for their support. q13fox.com/news/local-adv…
Thank you to the #WHPA cosponsors in WA and HI: @RepEdCase, @RepDelBene, @RepJayapal, @RepKahele, @RepDerekKilmer, @RepRickLarsen, @RepAdamSmith, @RepStricklandWA, and @RepKimSchrier.
#BREAKING: Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted YES for the Women’s Health Protection Act. We are one step closer to a future where we're ALL free to make the personal decisions that shape our lives, futures & families. #ActforAbortionAccess #WHPA
This is the first time in history the House of Representatives is voting on proactive, stand-alone legislation to protect abortion rights. 👏
We currently face a wave of anti-abortion legislation across the nation and a looming Supreme Court case that threatens to undermine #RoevWade. By passing the Women’s Health Protection Act, the House of Representatives has made it clear: enough is enough.
HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. House of Representatives is beginning one hour of debate on the Women’s Health Protection Act. #WHPA #ActForAbortionAccess
"Everyone everywhere should have the freedom to make their own personal health care decisions without interference from politicians." —@rosadelauro
"This legislation simply ensures that no matter where they live, patients can access abortion services and health care providers can provide this care without medically unnecessary and burdensome restrictions." —@FrankPallone
HAPPENING NOW: @RepJudyChu, @SpeakerPelosi, and other leaders in Congress are speaking about why they are voting TODAY on the Women's Health Protection Act #WHPA. 👏
Thank you @RepJudyChu, @AyannaPressley, @RepBarbaraLee & @RepDianaDeGette for recognizing our human rights & working to build a future where we are all free to make the personal decisions that shape our lives, futures & families.
"The right to reproductive freedom is essential. It’s a constitutional right and make no mistake extreme and dangerous laws like SB 8 in Texas will harm people of low incomes and people of color most and will eventually...take abortion rights away from all people.”—@RepBarbaraLee
🚨 At around midnight last night, the Supreme Court denied the emergency request to block #SB8, Texas’ draconian, dystopian ban on abortion. So what does that mean? We’ve got a short 🧵 for you to explain. #SCOTUS 1/8
The bottom line is that #SB8 is law—for now. Devastatingly, this means most abortion is banned in the state—for now. Abortion is banned at about 6 weeks into pregnancy, well before many people even know they’re pregnant, since it’s only 2 weeks after a missed period. 2/8
And as usual, #SB8 will most directly harm people who are already the most vulnerable. That includes LGBTQ+ people, people in rural areas, BIPOC people, and those with low incomes. This is by design, because the cruelty of this law is so clearly the point. 3/8
"We've seen a lot in these last 4.5 years of Donald Trump and nothing, in my experience, was more serious than this attempt to overthrow a lawful election, corrupting and weaponizing the Department of Justice. Absolutely horrifying."
@SenBlumenthal @maddow
@SenBlumenthal @maddow
"The very purpose of this law is to chill people. Not just abortion providers in Texas, but to chill the entire community of people who want to help women right now into second guessing whether they’ll be on the hook."
Dahlia Lithwick @maddow #WHPA #Bounty
Dahlia Lithwick @maddow #WHPA #Bounty
“What I believe is unprecedented is for a member of House leadership of either party to be unable to condemn incitement of violence against a member of this body… What is so hard about saying that this is wrong?”
@AOC House speech, November 17, 2021
@AOC House speech, November 17, 2021
“What is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution? …What is wrong with having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?”
Joint Chiefs Chair General Mark Milley
Joint Chiefs Chair General Mark Milley
“Guaranteeing the right to vote and ensuring every vote is counted has always been the most patriotic thing we can do… John Lewis said, ‘Freedom is not a state; it is an act.’ …We WILL act… For our democracy, for America itself, we MUST act.” @JoeBiden
Tom Brady: “Not a lot of people think that we could have won. And in fact I think about 40% of the people still don't think we won.”
President Biden: “I understand that.
President Biden: “I understand that.
