Your emails, phone calls, lobbying, time and energy made all the difference!
On the last day of the legislative session, with your support, we lobbied, arm twisted and demanded that legislators oppose the race and sex selection bill that targeted women of color and criminalized their physicians. AND WE WON!
The bill never came to a floor vote. Working in coalition with other reproductive justice organizations, we accomplished anunbelievable task . . . defeating Georgia Right to Life’s bill in a Republican dominated state legislature in one of the most conservative regions of the country. Georgia Right to Life, in partnership with the Radiance Foundation (billboards), sought to shame black women that had abortions, politicize abortion data and drive a political wedge between the black community by manipulating churches, schools, and anyone that would listen through a well-financed racist and sexist propaganda campaign.
Yet, we were not silent, we were not invisible, and we refused to let them advance sexist, racist, anti-choice legislation in our name!
Thank you so much for all YOUR hard work.
Yours in the Struggle,
The Speak Justice Take Action Team
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