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Happy Birthday, enjoy! You very much deserve it, being the light in the darkness, that you, (and Grace) are.

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Happy birthday to you. And thank you for continuing to put all of this information and stories out there. It’s incredibly important as you stated very clearly.

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Happy Birthday 🎂. Thank you for your reporting and bravery. ❤️❤️

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Check this Democracy Labs map which overlays the states with the most abortion arrests as Jessica wrote about (using the Pregnancy Justice data), with the poverty level in that county and who is their elected rep. The connection between being poor and living in a Republican led state comes into sharp focus.

Blog with map: What are your chances of being arrested for an abortion? Check this map.

https://thedemlabs.org/2023/11/02/abortion-criminalization-republicans-use-fetal-personhood-to-arrest-poor-women/

Just the map: https://arcg.is/1OaGv91

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Happy Birthday Jessica!!!

Hope you can enjoy your special day!!! 🥳

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Thank you for this very important work Jessica! Language frames everything so digging deep is so appreciated. Hope u had a wonderful birthday 🎉

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Thank you for sharing your birthday with us all. We are so grateful for the truth telling that your words illuminate every day in these harrowing times.

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Happy Birthday! 🎁🎉🎂

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Happy Birthday, and thank you for all you do.

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Happy birthday, Jessica!

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Happy Birthday, Jessica! I’m so grateful you are alive in this moment. The world will be better because you are in it. Enjoy your day. You matter. Keep fighting.

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Thank you so much for expanding our understanding of this important topic- the underhanded methods of those criminalizing abortion.

And happy birthday!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! A sincere thank you and tons of appreciation for everything you do

🎉🍻🧁🎂

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Happy birthday Jessica!

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