Monday, January 24, 2022

Building political power in the South

 

Dirt Road PAC

Jason,

As we reflect on Saturday's 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it's clear that abortion rights are under attack. Across the country, Republican state lawmakers are banning abortions and making it harder and harder to access basic reproductive health care.

Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi — the list of states directly challenging Roe with unconstitutional bans continues to grow. Florida, West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, and others are introducing carbon copies of their abortion bans to overturn nearly a half-century of legal precedent and take abortion rights back fifty years.

If we are going to reverse the GOP's draconian abortion restrictions, we need to organize where the Republican Party holds the most power. When Georgia state lawmakers passed a restrictive abortion ban, activists, organizers, and reproductive rights advocates responded by flipping the state blue, electing President Biden, and two Democratic senators.

But we also need to organize at the levels of state and local government. Since the Supreme Court upheld the Texas abortion ban in September, at least 20 states have pre-filed or considered passing a law of similar nature. The majority of these states are in the South and the Midwest.

That's why Dirt Road PAC's mission is so critical — by reaching voters in those hard-to-win places that Democrats have too often ignored, we can boldly fight and reverse the rollback of reproductive rights.

Jason, can you chip in $3 or $10 right now to help fund Dirt Road PAC's mission of mobilizing voters and helping Democrats compete everywhere? Every dollar makes a big difference when reproductive rights are on the line.

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

The fight for reproductive rights and justice relies on the support of everyday Americans committed to demanding better from their elected officials and government. Thank you for your support.

All the best,

— Cecile Richards

 
 

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