Today, forty percent of women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban. Every day, there’s another story of the chaos and cruelty these bans have caused – like the story of Ryan Hamilton, a father in Texas who recounted the horror of finding his wife unconscious and bleeding on their bathroom floor because she had been denied care for a miscarriage. Just as heartbreaking is the knowledge that an entire generation of young people have lost the right to determine their own lives and futures.
Donald Trump has bragged about being “proudly the person responsible” for ending Roe v. Wade. Make no mistake: He bears responsibility for flipping the balance of the Court, and for everything that has happened as a result. But Trump isn’t alone. Every mainstream Republican candidate running for a seat in the United States Senate would be a vote for a national abortion ban. And they won’t stop there. In the last month alone, Republican senators have blocked Democratic legislation to protect access to birth control and IVF. These positions are deeply unpopular and disqualifying to voters. So just like Donald Trump, their only hope of getting elected is to shamelessly lie and hide their records. We can’t let that happen.
