SUPREME COURT THREATENS WOMEN’S SOCIAL & HEALTH ADVANCES
The MAGA majority ignores the scientific studies conclusively demonstrating the benefits of reproductive freedom for women, their families, the economy, and our country.
QUICK READ: Scientific evidence demonstrates that when abortions are available and accessible, maternal mortality’s lower, teen births and marriages are fewer, women are more likely to finish high school, attend college, and obtain higher-paying jobs, and their children are less likely to be single parents or welfare recipients and more likely to graduate from college. The Supreme Court is denying women and their families the right to succeed and our society to benefit.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
BACKGROUND
Overturning Roe will have devastating effects, particularly on low-income women of color. It will also negatively affect the American economy, which has already lost $105 billion annually from women’s reduced labor force participation and earnings in states with anti-abortion legislation.
Despite the extensive social science literature presented to SCOTUS that abortion access has broad social and economic benefits for women and their families, Alito’s draft opinion is the latest example of SCOTUS’ rejection of science and expertise.
Women denied abortions are more likely to live in poverty, use social services, stay with a violent partner, and suffer anxiety and depression, and less likely to be employed full-time or have higher-paying occupations—which negatively affect their existing and future children.
Those able to obtain abortions have lower teen births and marriages, reduced maternal mortality, higher educational attainment and career advancement, and better mental and physical health. Their children are less likely to be neglected or abused, single parents or welfare recipients and more likely to graduate from college.
Constitutional rights must be guided by evidence, not ideology. That SCOTUS has chosen the latter requires its rebalancing, which will only happen if we elect more progressive Democrats in November.
ACTION One: Call the Senate.
Script for Oregon Senators
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
The Supreme Court’s MAGA majority that intends to invalidate Roe v. Wade ignores the scientific studies conclusively demonstrating the benefits of reproductive freedom for women, their families, the economy, and our country. Between now and November you must remind Americans over and over again that the only way to reverse this horrendous ruling and the Court’s other rejections of science and expertise is to elect more progressive Democrats who will codify Roe and rebalance the Court with justices committed to protecting our health, our freedoms, and our Constitution.
SEN. WYDEN:
Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
The Supreme Court’s MAGA majority that intends to invalidate Roe v. Wade ignores the scientific studies conclusively demonstrating the benefits of reproductive freedom for women, their families, the economy, and our country. Between now and November you must remind Americans over and over again that the only way to reverse this horrendous ruling and the Court’s other rejections of science and expertise is to elect more progressive Democrats who will codify Roe and rebalance the Court with justices committed to protecting our health, our freedoms, and our Constitution.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
When Roe v. Wade was decided, the author and four other members of the majority were Republicans, and Republicans voted numerous times to protect the right to abortion since then. How has your party so lost its way? It is time for you to recognize the benefits of reproductive freedom for your constituents, their families, the economy, and our country.
ACTION TWO: Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
The Supreme Court’s MAGA majority that intends to invalidate Roe v. Wade ignores the scientific studies conclusively demonstrating the benefits of reproductive freedom for women, their families, the economy, and our country. Between now and November you must remind Americans over and over again that the only way to reverse this horrendous ruling and the Court’s other rejections of science and expertise is to elect more progressive Democrats who will codify Roe and rebalance the Court with justices committed to protecting our health, our freedoms, and our Constitution.
Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
When Roe v. Wade was decided, the author and four other members of the majority were Republicans, and Republicans voted numerous times to protect the right to abortion since then. How has your party so lost its way? It is time for you to recognize the benefits of reproductive freedom for your constituents, their families, the economy, and our country.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
The Supreme Court’s MAGA majority that intends to invalidate Roe v. Wade ignores the scientific studies conclusively demonstrating the benefits of reproductive freedom for women, their families, the economy, and our country. Between now and November you must remind Americans over and over again that the only way to reverse this horrendous ruling and the Court’s other rejections of science and expertise is to elect more progressive Democrats who will codify Roe and rebalance the Court with justices committed to protecting our health, our freedoms, and our Constitution.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
The Supreme Court’s MAGA majority that intends to invalidate Roe v. Wade ignores the scientific studies conclusively demonstrating the benefits of reproductive freedom for women, their families, the economy, and our country. Between now and November you must remind Americans over and over again that the only way to reverse this horrendous ruling and the Court’s other rejections of science and expertise is to elect more progressive Democrats who will codify Roe and rebalance the Court with justices committed to protecting our health, our freedoms, and our Constitution.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
The Supreme Court’s MAGA majority that intends to invalidate Roe v. Wade ignores the scientific studies conclusively demonstrating the benefits of reproductive freedom for women, their families, the economy, and our country. Between now and November you must remind Americans over and over again that the only way to reverse this horrendous ruling and the Court’s other rejections of science and expertise is to elect more progressive Democrats who will codify Roe and rebalance the Court with justices committed to protecting our health, our freedoms, and our Constitution.
ACTION 3: GOOD TROUBLE
GOOD TROUBLE: Below are opportunities to fight for our democracy. As John Lewis said, go make some “good trouble.”
TUESDAY 11:30am-12:30pm LETTER WRITING PARTY - INDIVISIBLE OREGON:
https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/442887/Fridays at 4 - Letter and Postcard Writing — Indivisible Oregon.
Learn about persuasive language and communication research at the Zoom ASO Movement Briefings every second Wednesday.
Join the campaign to hold the House and Senate at GiveNoGround.org
Work to protect democracy in the House by replacing retiring US Representative Peter DeFazio with another Democrat, replacing Democrat Kurt Schrader, the “Manchin of the House,” with a progressive, and electing a Democrat in Oregon’s new Congressional District 6.
Demand that your primary news source stop creating false equivalencies and just report the truth.
Check out the Poor People's Campaign Readies 'Massive, Nonviolent' Effort to Save Democracy
Outside of Portland? Check out COIN Oregon.
Rally inconsisent Democratic voters to vote in 2022 with Progressive Turnout Project | Feb, 2022 | Medium
FURTHER READING:
The Antiscience Supreme Court Is Hurting the Health of Americans
Abortion rights are economic rights
Amicus brief of 154 scientists and researchers filed in Dobbs
What will and won’t happen when abortion is banned
Half of U.S. Women Risk Losing Abortion Access Without Roe
Overturning Roe could reverse economic gains
Yellen: Eliminating abortion rights would have “very damaging” effect on economy
5 ways abortion bans could hurt women in the workforce
The end of Roe v. Wade is a men’s rights issue, too—literally
What Happens if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned? What We Know About the Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court’s Potential Roe v. Wade Reversal Has Social Justice and Equality Ramifications
The dire health consequences of denying abortions explained
Abortion is also about racial justice, experts and advocates say
