Democrat’s Speak Out for Women
Boone County Democrats, along with hundreds of other Iowans, showed up in mass at the state capitol Tuesday to protest the egregious bill rammed through by the Republicans. We knew the outcome was a foregone conclusion, but women and men showed up and fought valiantly to prevent this bill from becoming law. Our own legislators, Phil Thompson and Jesse Green, stated they would vote yes before they even drove to the capitol.
We know this bill will harm Iowa girls and women in so many ways, from directly prohibiting needed health care to violations of religious freedom.
Iowa Interfaith Alliance posted this on July 10th:
Religious freedom means every person has the right to their own religious beliefs but can never misuse religion to infringe on the rights of others.
Many Iowans of faith believe in the right to access safe and legal abortion because of their faith.
One religious belief should never be inserted into public policy and allowed to take away anyone else’s rights.
The right to an abortion is supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans, including Iowans.
* 61% of Iowans – including Republicans, Democrats, and Independents –
support access to safe and legal abortion.Abortion is overwhelmingly safe.
Abortion is common. One in four women who are able to get pregnant will have an abortion at some point.
Abortion is essential health care, a constitutional right, and a human right.
Abortion remains safe and legal in Iowa – for now. But it’s hanging by a thread and politicians in power are working hard to take away our rights for their political gain.
Any ban or restriction on abortion is harmful and takes away Iowans’ abilities to control their body and future.
No one else can know a person’s situation – their health, wellbeing, risks, and future. Abortion is a deeply personal decision. Every person deserves the right to control their reproductive health, and their future. Politicians should not put themselves in the middle of Iowans’ health care or their decisions.
Never before has a governor called a special session to advance a political agenda. A ban on the rights of Iowans is all about politics.
Calling a special session in the middle of summer for the sole purpose of stripping Iowans of the liberties they prize is not only unprecedented but shows the drastic lengths power-hungry politicians will take to pass deeply unpopular policies.
Iowans are raising their voices and holding their elected officials accountable for every vote they take to limit our rights and bodily autonomy. Regardless of our personal beliefs, we can all agree Iowans deserve the right to control their futures and access reproductive health care.
Want to make a difference and help make this state a place where we feel safe and healthy and where people are respected? Show up and march with us, help register voters, speak out on issues, and run for office: school board, soil and water, and all the other non partisan races. That is where you will learn what you need to know and be prepared to run for higher office.
Republicans operate on the presumption they are right; we often fall into despair. What is needed is to practice hope, which is to keep working for what IS right and just regardless.
Join us at the Boone County Fair parade next Thursday, 5 pm meet at the high school.
And donate!!
