LETTER

Abort Trump’s abortion ban!

 

In the US, Trump and right-wing Republicans have escalated their war on women. Iowa Rep. Steve King, days before the inauguration, introduced H.R. 490, a bill that would make abortion illegal when a fetal heartbeat is detected. Since this can be as early as six weeks into the pregnancy, long before most women even know they are pregnant, it would essentially serve as a total ban on abortion.

Republicans are playing a dangerous game with women’s lives. We have to push back now. We must show there’s not only massive opposition to this abortion ban, but to Republicans’ entire extremist anti-woman agenda. Can you add your voice today?

King’s H.R. 490 is just the latest:
1. Paul Ryan announced Republicans would defund Planned Parenthood as part of the Affordable Care Act repeal process. That process has already begun.
2.  Trump plans to cut funding for important federal programs that prevent violence against women in his “skinny budget."
3.  Trump has signed an executive order to reinstate the “global gag rule,” a policy that prevents family planning foreign aid from funding organizations that inform women about abortion. (Including family planning services and HIV/AIDS prevention.)

On Saturday, millions of people marched to protect women’s rights and gender equality across the country and send a powerful message of resistance against Trump’s regime of misogyny and hate. We must stand together again now to show Republicans that we won’t back down and make sure Democrats know that we’re counting on them to form a firm line of defense against Trump’s right-wing, anti-women regime.

Nicole Regalado
CREDO Action from Working Assets
Washington, DC