SBWPC Members,
This month, has already brought with it unprecedented attacks on reproductive rights and an administration that continues to disregard the rights of women, people of color and families.
Since the start of 2019,
bills attempting to restrict abortion
have been filed in 45 states. Anti-abortion lawmakers are aggressively pursuing a sweeping national strategy to dismantle reproductive health care and outlaw safe, legal abortion. This will ultimately come before the Supreme Court. Join us in a local visibility action on Tuesday, May 21 (more information below).
An additional tragic revelation earlier this week involved the report of a Guatemalan toddler who died in a hospital earlier this week, just over a month after he and his mother crossed the southwest border and were apprehended. The boy is the fourth Guatemalan minor to die after crossing the border and being apprehended by the border patrol since December. Conditions at border detention facilities continue to be reported as inhumane - with no resolution in sight.
It is easy to feel despair and helplessness in the face of relentless attacks and tragedy. But as women, we have proven time and again that when faced with adversity -
we persist
.
More than ever we need your continued involvement and support to do our work. We will be looking for the best candidates in upcoming races and will work to ensure we have strong feminists in elected offices at
every level of government
. Join us in this fight.
Adelante/Onward,
Luz Reyes-Martín
President
