Please use the below link to sign up to speak at the public hearing on Tuesday, July 11 at 9:30 am. The hearing will go for 90 minutes (only) and speakers will be limited to two minutes each.

You can also use this same link to leave a written comment on the bill. It will look like they are signing up to speak, however, it will give you the chance to simply leave a written comment.  WE NEED ALL DEMOCRATS TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS BILL!

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/publicHearings?meetingID=37439&action=viewOnlineSignup

This is for the bill on the House side. The comment section on the Senate bill (identical) won’t go live until after our committee hearing on Tuesday.

IMPORTANT:Johnson County Democrats will have a bus to get people to and from the rally. You will need to sign up by Sunday night if you want to ride the bus to Des Moines.  We will shae the link to the signup sheet as soon as we have it.  Please watch Facebook for additional details.

Check our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/jcdemsiowa

## SUNDAY EVENT:  Repro Rights Letter Writing & Coffee Chat

In light of the special session Reynolds called in an attempt to take away our reproductive freedoms, this month’s coffee chat is also a letter-writing event. Local legislators have asked us to write letters that they can read on the floor when they go in to debate our right to reproductive healthcare this coming Tuesday, July 11th.

July’s Repro Rights Coffee Chat will take place this Sunday, July 9th at 11 am, at NewBo in Cedar Rapids. Please join us to share information and resources while writing letters in a supportive and inclusive space.

Find the event listing on Facebook at https://fb.me/e/4zSH0Yqjo and spread the word.

Come to the Capitol THIS TUESDAY! There are a number of opportunities and information on what will be happening. (Please remember, bring your own food and drink – no vendors will be open at the Capitol.)

Follow Planned Parenthood on Facebook – they have the information here: Rally for Reproductive Rights | Facebook

Info available on their website: Sign the pledge to take action during special session (weareplannedparenthoodaction.org)

The Facebook page My Choice, My Vote, My Voice Iowa is also coordinating: My Choice, My Voice, My Vote, Iowa | Facebook

Write your legislators – or legislators to whom you have a plausible connection or your family has a connection. Here is a link to find legislators: Contact State Legislators | Iowa.gov

As soon as we have the bill, will share the link on Facebook.  The bill will be open for public comment – please use it!

Basic info on the special session:

• Session gavels in at 8:30am on Tuesday, July 11
  • First order of business in both houses – rules for the special session.
  • Second order: respective committee meetings, which will also serve as subcommittees of the whole for the purpose of pushing the bill through (don’t yet have a link to it).
• Following the committee meetings, there will be a public meeting on the House side.
• Debate will likely start in both houses sometime during the afternoon. In the Senate, we have been told that it will end at 11pm. We need full galleries on both sides of the Capitol!
  • No signs/flags/placards/banners upstairs, either on the second floor above the rotunda or in the senate/house galleries
  • Protest shirts are allowed.  As are the JC Dems shirts.
• Planned Parenthood is planning to rally starting at 9am in the Rotunda – that is a free speech zone
  • There will also be a rally outside on the steps, and we expect people there throughout the day and evening.
• Bring your own water, food, sunscreen, bug spray, and wear comfortable shoes!
  • It will be hot and we want everyone to protest safely!
• Show up, make your voice heard, make #goodtrouble