Tell the Senate: Reform the filibuster

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The Supreme Court seems poised to decimate abortion rights. If adopted, the draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson would overturn Roe v. Wade, and with it, constitutional protections for millions of people.

The implications of this reversal threaten national protections for marriage equality, LGBTQ equality — even birth control.

Congress must act. While the draft opinion is still in fact a draft, we have a short window to demand the Senate do its job. It can protect the rights of millions of people by reforming the filibuster. It is the only way to pass federal legislation to protect democracy. It is also the only way for Congress to consider codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade and other measures.

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As your constituent, I’m greatly concerned to learn that the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority is poised to dismantle abortion rights. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the constitutional rights of millions would be decimated and the harms would be devastating.

The nationwide right to an abortion has been affirmed for a half century — it is a basic freedom that Congress must protect. I’m asking you to take immediate action by reforming the filibuster. That is the only way to pass vital legislation such as voting rights reform, and the only way for Congress to consider writing into law the protections of Roe v. Wade. If the Senate cannot function to allow important protections to be enacted, then states will have little to stop them from abusing the rights of their citizens.

I hope that you will stand up for your constituents and people across the country in ensuring that the right to abortion care is preserved.

Thank you,
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