We got this solicitation from the Bohannan campaign Thursday afternoon. It reminded me that there are still major problems in this country besides Trump: 

I’m a lawyer, and today I want to talk to you about a case that changed millions of lives: Roe v. Wade.

It began with a young, unmarried woman who was pregnant and wanted a chance at a different future. At the time, abortion was illegal in 44 states, including the one where she lived. Her options were grim. If she had money, she could travel to one of the few states where abortion was legal. If she didn’t, she could be forced to carry the pregnancy to term or risk her life by turning to a back-alley provider.

In 1973, her case reached the Supreme Court. And on this day, the Court ruled in her favor! Roe v. Wade established a constitutional right to abortion grounded in the fundamental rights to privacy and personal liberty.

Today, that protection is gone. Since Roe was overturned, our country has taken a massive step backward.

Here in Iowa, women face a six-week abortion ban, before most people barely miss a period. Some are able to travel out of state, but many cannot. Those who can’t are left navigating a collapsing reproductive healthcare system thanks to politicians like Mariannatte Miller-Meeks.

Our anti-abortion laws have placed OB-GYNs under constant legal surveillance, turning routine pregnancy care into a legal minefield. The result is devastating: Iowa is facing a shortage of OB-GYNs, especially in rural communities, at the very moment families need care the most.

And instead of addressing this crisis, Mariannette Miller-Meeks has doubled down. She voted for the “Big, Ugly Bill,” ensuring deep cuts to Medicaid that disproportionately harm rural Iowa. She has stood behind her party’s agenda to control women’s bodies, even going so far as to co-sponsor a national abortion ban.

It is time to once again protect abortion in Iowa. It is time to place abortion back between a woman and her doctor, not politicians and judges.

That is what I will fight for in Congress. And if you believe our daughters, sisters, friends, and neighbors deserve the freedom to decide their own futures, I hope you’ll stand with me and make a donation to my campaign >>

Thank you,

Christina 

Editor note: Women’s health care INCLUDES access to abortion.

tip of the hat to democraticunderground.com