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Roe v. Wade: The Fightback Begins!
Roe v. Wade:
The Fightback
Begins!

Read the open letter:

Dear friends in the US,

Our hearts are breaking with yours today -- as millions of you lose the fundamental right to safe abortion care.

We write to you as feminists from across the globe who have fought for our right to access safe and legal abortions, often in the most hostile conditions -- to share one message: solidarity is how we fight back.

The Supreme Court’s decision will have real and devastating consequences, especially for younger, Black, Latina, and low-income women.

But this isn’t the end of the fight. It’s the beginning of a new era for abortion rights in the US -- and you have the power to decide what that looks like.

Over the past decade, abortion rights movements across the world have won impossible victories - because we took to the streets. We told our stories. We learned from each other. And we refused to be invisible, even under threat.

We have deep admiration for the courageous and tireless efforts you’ve already taken to protect your rights, and we want you to know that we won’t look away -- we are part of your fight.

People of the United States, we are sending you solidarity from across the world.

And to President Biden, and all state and federal legislators -- this is your fight too. We expect you to defend the rights of millions of your fellow Americans, and we will not stay silent if you choose to let them suffer.

The US Supreme Court just stripped millions of the right to a safe and legal abortion - but the global fightback begins today. Sign onto this letter from abortion rights defenders across the world using your email address:
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Read the open letter:
"Dear friends in the US,

Our hearts are breaking with yours today -- as millions of you lose the fundamental right to safe abortion care.

We write to you as feminists from across the globe who have fought for our right to access safe and legal abortions, often in the most hostile conditions -- to share one message: solidarity is how we fight back.

The Supreme Court’s decision will have real and devastating consequences, especially for younger, Black, Latina, and low-income women.

But this isn’t the end of the fight. It’s the beginning of a new era for abortion rights in the US -- and you have the power to decide what that looks like.

Over the past decade, abortion rights movements across the world have won impossible victories - because we took to the streets. We told our stories. We learned from each other. And we refused to be invisible, even under threat.

We have deep admiration for the courageous and tireless efforts you’ve already taken to protect your rights, and we want you to know that we won’t look away -- we are part of your fight.

People of the United States, we are sending you solidarity from across the world.

And to President Biden, and all state and federal legislators -- this is your fight too. We expect you to defend the rights of millions of your fellow Americans, and we will not stay silent if you choose to let them suffer."
Sincerely,

[Name], [Organization], [Country]
Agrupación Ciudadana por la despenalizacion del aborto en El Salvador, El Salvador
Ailbhe Smyth, Action for Choice, Ireland
Alberto Romero de Urbiztondo, El Salvador
Alejandra Jiménez, Women’s Equality Center, US
Amparo Madrigal, Spain
Ana Elena Obando M., Mujeres en Acción, Costa Rica
Ana Valeria Pérez Lemus, CDD México, Mexico
Andrea García, Comisión 8M Madrid Migración y Antirracismo, Spain
Andrea Parra, Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados de Chile, Chile
Andrea Rosales, Somos Muchas, Honduras
Angelina del Carmen Yah Torres, Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico
Antonia Sanchez Rol, Spain
Araceli Zamora, El Salvador
Aurea Dreifuss, Brazil
Avaaz, International
Bila Sorj, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Camilo Carlos García Santaella, Women's Equality Center, Colombia
Carla de Castro Gomes, Brazil
Carla Gisele Batista, Brazil
Carmen Espinoza, Movimiento Manuela Ramos, Peru
Carolina Dueñas Orozco, Women's Link Worldwide, International
Catalina Calderón Alvarez, Women's Equality Center, Colombia
Catalina Martínez Coral, Center for Reproductive Rights, Colombia
Cecilia Carmen Casemiro, Brazil
Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos - PROMSEX, Peru
Christine Ryan, Global Justice Center, US/Ireland
Claudia Florentin, Con Efe Comunicaciones, Argentina
Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local, El Salvador
Dalba Natalia Linares Valderrama, Colombia
Daphne Rattner, ReHuNa - the Brazilian Network for the Humanization of Childbirth, Brazil
DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era), Fiji
Elena Martín Hernández, Spain
Elida Caballero Cabrera, Women's Equality Center, Panama
Esperanza Delgado Herrera, Consejo Consultivo Ciudadano para la Política de Población Mexico
Fanny Cata Gomez Lugo, Women’s Equality Center, US
Fòs Feminista, International
Frances Collazo, Families Planning Association of Puerto Rico (Profamilias), Puerto Rico
GEM- Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre Mulheres, Gênero, Saúde e Enfermagem (EEUFBA), Brazil
Gita Sen, India
Gloria Careaga, Fundación Arcoiris, Mexico
Grecia Lozano, OPTIO, Honduras
Greice Maria de Souza Menezes, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Griselda Mata, Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, El Salvador
Isabel Serrano, Spain
Jacqueline Pitanguy, Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informação e Ação (CEPIA), Brazil
Jennie Dador Tozzini, Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos, Peru
Jennifer Lacayo, Women's Equality Center, US
Jhony Juarez, Centro de Cuidado Integral de Salud (CECIS), Peru
José A. Amesty Rivera, Venezuela
Julia Escalante De Haro, RAÍCES, Análisis de Género para el Desarrollo, Mexico
Karuna Nundy, Nundy Chambers, India
Las Viejas Verdes, Colombia
Latin American and Caribbean Womens Health Network, International
Laura Botero Garzón, Women's Equality Center, Colombia
Laura Restrepo, Bloom Colombia, Colombia
Leda Maria Paulani, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Lena Lavinas, Brazil
Lidia Casas Becerra, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Lilian Abracinskas, Mujer y Salud en Uruguay (MYSU), Uruguay
Lucia Alanis, Women's Equality Center, US
Lucy Garrido, Cotidiano Mujer/AFM, Uruguay
Luminita Dejeu, Asociatia Declic, Romania
Mar Grandal Seco, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir España, Spain
Marcia Aguiluz Soto, Costa Rica
Marcia Ugarte Barquero, Costa Rica
Margarita Percovich, Cámara de Senadores, Parlamento del Uruguay, Uruguay
Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro, Ipas, Mexico
María Erka Zuñiga Saá, Chile
Maria Eunice Xavier Kalil, Brazil
María Isabel Cordero Pérez, Fundación Sendas, Ecuador
María Rosa Ochoa Avila, Gobernanza Mc, Mexico
María Rosario Altable Vicario, Mujeres por la salud y la paz, Spain
Mariana Carbajal, Diario Página 12, Argentina
Mariela Belski, Amnesty International Argentina, Argentina
Marta Alanis, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir Argentina, Argentina
Marta Royo, Profamilia, Colombia
Mónica Roa, Bridges, Colombia
Morena Herrera, Agrupación Ciudadana por la despenalizacion del aborto en El Salvador, El Salvador
Movimento Feminista Mineiro Quem Ama Não Mata, Brazil
Movimiento Manuela Ramos, Peru
Natalia Marmol, Dominican Republic
Natalia Siverio, Spain
Natalia Tavizón Otero, Mexico
Natalia Veras, Global Health Strategies, Brazil
Pablo Vilarroel, Red Ecuatoriana de Fe, Ecuador
Paula Ávila-Guillén, Women's Equality Center, US/Colombia
Pilar Morera Gonzalez, Dones Creients, Spain
Quem Ama Não Mata (QANM), Brazil
Rede Nacional Feminista de Saúde, Direitos Sexuais e Direitos Reprodutivos, Brazil
Regina Fonseca Discua, Centro de Derechos de Mujeres, Honduras
Robin Zachari, Skiftet, Sweden
Rocio Rosero Garces, Coalición Nacional de Mujeres del Ecuador, Ecuador
Rosângela Aparecida Talib, Católicas pelo Direito de Decidir, Brazil
Rossina Guerrero, Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos - PROMSEX, Peru
Sandra Mazo, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir Colombia, Colombia
Sara Fraile, Amnesty International, Spain
Sonia Baires, El Salvador
Sonia Correa, Brazil
Susana Chavez, Consorcio Latinoamericano contra el aborto inseguro, Peru
Szabrina Abdallah-Magdy, aHang, Hungary
Taller Salud, Puerto Rico
Teresa Lanza, Colectivo Género y Teología para el Desarrollo, Bolivia
Vanessa Cuervo, SolidariLabs, Colombia
Vilma Vasquez, Las FEBES, El Salvador


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