❤️ Reproductive Freedom for All - Updates - October 8, 2024
❤️ Our right to reproductive freedom must be protected. Read the latest updates and join the movement to hold our leaders accountable to the people's will.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 8, 2024
People Power United declares that MAGA Republicans are relentlessly attacking reproductive freedom, undermining the rights and autonomy of millions of Americans. Their harmful agenda puts personal medical decisions in the hands of politicians, stripping away essential healthcare and endangering lives.
In response to recent MAGA shenanigans to harm Americans, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:
“We must stand united to protect reproductive justice and preserve the rights of all people to control their own bodies. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.
People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil rights for all.
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Reproductive Freedom for All - News Briefs - October 8, 2024
Georgia Supreme Court Temporarily Reinstates Near-Total Abortion Ban
HuffPost By Lydia O'Connor
Following the high court’s 6-1 vote, the near-total ban on abortions will go back into effect at 5 p.m. local time on Monday, upending a major win for reproductive rights advocates. … Brian Kemp oversaw the enactment of the state's six-week abortion ban in 2022.
The anti-abortion movement is relentless. But so is Jessica Valenti.
Mother Jones By Ruth Murai
“Today’s newsletter will probably overwhelm you,” Jessica Valenti wrote in a note preceding the Wednesday, September 25, edition of Abortion, Every Day, the Substack where she breaks down the news on reproductive rights.
Highlighting Election Stakes, Top Georgia Court Revives 6-Week Abortion Ban
Common Dreams By Jessica Corbett
The state and national ACLU, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Georgia-based law firms have challenged H.B. 481 on behalf of Jackson's group as well as multiple providers and organizations including Planned Parenthood Southeast and SisterSong Women of Color
Two abortion rulings could weigh into elections in Georgia, Texas
RollCall By Sandhya Raman, Daniela Altimari
Two high courts dealt blows to abortion rights advocates on Monday in decisions affecting abortion access in Georgia and Texas — rulings that could have an impact on Democrats’ attempts to narrow leads in both states before the November elections. … The rulings could provide fuel to Democrats’ election year message of reproductive rights. Democrats including presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris have made abortion rights their top issue for 2024 and both Georgia and Texas are considered critical for messaging on this issue.
Harris talks abortion and more on ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast as Democratic ticket steps up interviews
Boston Globe By Josh Boak
In the roughly 40-minute interview, taped last week, the Democratic presidential nominee spoke about the grit it takes to be a woman seeking public office, the toughness her mother instilled in her and the importance of reproductive rights in this election.
Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir
The Guardian by Martin Pengelly
Exclusive: ‘I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life,’ former first lady writes in memoir
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