What Would You Tell Senate Dems?
An open thread for all readers
Bookmark the briefing livestream link now and find out more about the event below:
I’m opening up comments to all subscribers for this one!
In case you missed it: I’m going to be in Washington, DC this week, briefing Senate Democrats on what’s happening with abortion rights. I’ll be speaking alongside Dr. Austin Dennard, an OBGYN and patient plaintiff in Zurawski v. Texas, and Dr. Serina Floyd, Chief Medical Officer for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC. Sen. Patty Murray, who is co-hosting the briefing, will also say a few words.
You can read all the details here and in my announcement.
As I wrote last week, I’m incredibly honored to have been asked to speak—and it’s going to be really difficult to narrow down everything I want to say!
In addition to my remarks, there will be a long question and answer session with Senate Democrats and, I imagine, the chance to connect and chat informally with staffers and other folks who care about this issue and have the power to do something about it.
So tell me: What you would talk about if you were there? What you would want Senators to know?
Obviously, it’s not possible for me to relay all of your comments and concerns, but I can make sure that what I say is framed by what matters most to this community. It’s your support that made this opportunity possible, so I want to make sure I’m representing you as best I can!
When they go on news shows, they need to talk about there is nothing moderate about GOP abortion positions and they need to call it out proactively to the moderators. If there were truly exceptions that actually worked in practice, we would have seen them in place in Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, etc.
i would encourage all dem candidates — at every level — to put access to abortion and contraception front and center in their campaign communications. we know from experience that this issue is a winner and, even more important, that it’s a voter turnout driver. thank you again, jessica. break a leg.