Today’s Action: Stop the GOP from taking away a woman’s right to choose

Republicans’ all-out war on women continues to intensify.

Let’s start with state government, shall we? GOP legislators in Iowa recently passed a “heartbeat” law, banning all abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected — usually around 6 weeks and before most women even know they are pregnant. Mississippi and Kentucky have passed similar laws.

The GOP goal is to pass legislation that they know is unconstitutional in the hopes that one of their laws will make its way to the Supreme Court, where the stolen conservative majority will ultimately overturn Roe v. Wade. Their strategy could work — which is why we must work now to prevent the other state laws from passing.

Call or email all of your elected representatives — federal and state — and demand they stand up for the constitutional rights of women to have safe, affordable healthcare and abortion access.

And then there’s Trump. In his latest attack against women, Trump has announced his intention to cut off Title X federal funding for family planning to any clinic that even discusses abortion services.

What effect would this gag rule have? Planned Parenthood alone serves 41% of the patients who benefit from the $260 million Title X funding. If Trump is successful, Planned Parenthood will lose ALL federal funding and 41% of Title X recipients would lose – not just abortion access – but their primary (and sometimes ONLY) source of healthcare and birth control.

Losing “lifesaving” healthcare access is not hyperbole: To be blunt, Trump’s cuts will result in more women dying.

Email or call (202.224.3121) your elected officials at the federal and state level. Demand they stand up to Trump’s draconian gag rule on women’s health, AND protect abortion access. Throwbacks to the 70’s are great on the radio, not in women’s bodies.