“Reproductive Justice is the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.”
Until D.C. residents have voting power in Congress — until D.C. law is binding without Congressional approval — that autonomy is hindered.
We’re fighting to make D.C. the 51st state with 51 votes in the Senate. #51for51
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For all but two years since 1989, Congress has consistently prohibited D.C. from using its locally raised funds to pay for abortion care for Medicaid recipients through a rule known as the Dornan Amendment.
This means D.C. Medicaid recipients cannot use their health insurance for their abortions, and are forced to pay out of pocket. Raising that money, usually over $500, can take a long time and D.C. residents have to delay paying other bills like rent.
Roe v. Wade preserved our legal right to an abortion but there is no real right if you can’t afford it.
Statehood means autonomy for D.C. residents who have abortions.