Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Received from Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Chicago

December 1 Protest Outside of Courthouses 4 Legal Abortion Nationwide!

Thursday, December 01, 2022 • 4:00 PM

Federal Plaza (across from the Fed. Courthouse)
219 S Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 
chicago@riseup4abortionrights.org

click here to register for the event

December 1 is the first anniversary of the Supreme Court hearing in Dobbs v Jackson, the case the Christian fascist super-majority on the court used to overturn Roe v Wade. Remember the shock and horror you felt that day? The disbelief that this could actually happen? That young women and girls today now face a world much worse than what their mothers and grandmothers faced, unable to control when and if to have children? You were right to feel that way! The ugly, deadly reality of this robbery is evident all around us (Abortion Emergency Fact Sheet), but too many are turning away, or believing the stories that somehow we're "winning" because more Democrats were elected in the midterms than expected. Did we?

Joe Biden announced right after the election that the Democrats weren't going to do anything for abortion rights, after telling us that only by voting for Democrats were our rights safe! The cynicism is breathtaking and deadly, as women face increasing difficulty in accessing health care even beyond abortion. (For more on that, don't miss the latest episode of the Refuse Fascism podcast, "The Aftermath of the Midterms," with Coco Das and Paul Street.)

Do not believe Democrats who say that the Biden administration is doing all it can to protect abortion! We are not policy wonks but here are some obvious first steps:
  • Proclaim abortion access a national health emergency. This was a key demand of AIDS activists in the 1980s, a demand they won. It would empower multiple federal agencies to take nationwide action.
  • Open up federal land across the country to abortion providers and provide protection for them and their patients.
  • Vigorously fight state government efforts to restrict what the United States Post Office can send through the federal mail.
Women in Argentina protesing SCOTUS ruling
We must learn from our sisters in Latin America and build a Green Wave for Abortion Rights for everyone! No one is free when anyone who can get pregnant must fear for their futures or their lives when they face unintended pregnancies. This is not the easy route, but no real progress has ever been made without real struggle, real persistence and yes, sacrifice. Our future and the future of our children is worth it! Join us this
Thursday, Dec. 1, 
starting at 4 pm
Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn), Chicago

to declare that we will not accept this illegitimate decision, we will not accept forced motherhood for anyone, anywhere, and we will build the Green Wave everywhere.

In Chicago we will manifest in green and rally at Federal Plaza, across the street from the Federal Courthouse, at 4 pm and march starting around 5 pm. Learning from our sisters in Latin America, we will rely on ourselves to rise up in a Green Wave for legal abortion on demand and without apology everywhere. We will declare that this is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are running to win: Legal Abortion Without Apology Nationwide!

Share this on social media and reach out to RiseUp4AbortionRights Chicago here to be more involved!

Saturday, November 5, 2022

Received from the RevComs


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