The last few weeks have been scary and regressive in state legislatures across the country. Several states, including Arizona, Oklahoma, and Florida, have passed dire laws, have built-in rights to abortion, and are promoting radical policies to prevent pregnant people from accessing assisted reproductive technology. increase. Kentucky has passed a law that makes it virtually impossible to receive abortion treatment (although it was blocked by a federal judge last week). Several states, including Texas, have authorized the public as “bounty hunters” to enforce these dangerous abortion bans.
And it’s not just the right to reproduction that is being attacked. From Alabama to Idaho, there is also a clear and undeniable move to deprive pregnant people and LGBTQ + individuals of their right to body and life choices. Some examples: The Governor of Florida signed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, limiting discussions related to sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. The Governor of Texas has issued a directive requiring state agencies to investigate situations in which young people receive gender-affirming care, calling such practices “abuse procedures.” In Arizona, the governor has signed a series of bills banning the care of minors by gender and restricting transgender girls from playing sports.
It is no coincidence that these anti-LGBTQ + and anti-abortion laws were introduced and passed at the same time. The same people who are fighting to limit abortion care are also working to deny the health care and identity of transgender and LGBTQ + people. The far-right conservatives manage the most private part of our lives: the ones we love and marry, our body and reproductive freedom, and the decisions about when to have a family. The provincial government has begun a collaborative effort. It’s all part of a misogynistic, homosexual, and transphobic coordinated attack on physical independence. All parts of the cynical campaign of control.
1973, Roe v. Wade He upheld a ruling that consolidates the right to privacy, reaffirms the right to contraception, and protects rights related to reproduction, marriage, and the ability to raise children that appear appropriate.Early summer, US Supreme Court decides Dobbs vs JacksonCases that have a widespread impact on privacy and may dismantle protection egg.. As a result, we are ready to see the bigger tsunami of repressive legislation introduced across the country.
This is good news. Know how to fight back in Massachusetts and across the country. These battles won’t win in court, and unfortunately, the broken Congress doesn’t have the number to guarantee our legal rights. Therefore, you need to invest resources, energy, and policy solutions in the state government.
The same people who are fighting to limit abortion care are also working to deny the health care and identity of transgender and LGBTQ + people.
We need to flip the seats against abortion and LGBTQ + one by one and overturn these hatred-based laws. As Texas and Florida have proven, reproductive freedom and LGBTQ + rights are important, so we need to focus on local and state elections. We need to make sure that LGBTQ + people and those who may become pregnant have a say in our government. Here in Massachusetts, we need to act as a model for the whole country by promoting bold, progressive and positive policies.
Massachusetts has the potential to become a paradise for access to reproductive health. That is why we are fighting to pass legislation to ensure that health insurance covers the full range of abortion at no cost of any kind, from prenatal care to abortion care. And when people decide to start a family, they ensure that they can raise their children in a safe and healthy environment without spending money on childcare.
We are also working with community partners to promote legislation in Massachusetts to secure the rights, abilities and resources of LGBTQ + people, build families and establish parent-child relationships. Currently, Congress has two bills to help LGBTQ + families receive the protection and treatment they deserve. These bills will ensure that queer families like us are entitled to fair treatment under the law and have access to the resources needed to build a family.
The far-right conservatives have launched a collaborative effort in the state government to manage the most private parts of our lives: the ones we love and marry, our body and reproductive freedom .. ..
As children are forced to hide their identities in classrooms across the country, Massachusetts captures this moment and depends on how people honestly support the physical independence and health of LGBTQ + residents. , Must stand up as a sign of equality and equality. Live their lives. Therefore, legislation needs to be passed to strengthen LGBTQ + healthcare needs by giving young people access to PrEP, a life-saving preventive HIV drug.
The far right is attacking abortion and LGBTQ + rights, but they have unlocked our superpowers. By crossing and interlocking our movements (understanding that these issues cannot be discussed, fought and won in a vacuum, we unleash an unbeatable organizational strength. Reproductive Justice is more than just abortion, it is to eliminate the way all people, including individuals with LGBTQ +, are denied access to health care, rights and dignity by these suppression systems. We will not stop fighting in states across the country until we destroy these systems and guarantee justice to all.
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