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Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island

Dear Friend, On June 27, the Supreme Court once again upheld the Constitutional right to abortion. In its 5-3 ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Court struck down dangerous restrictions on abortion providers in Texas. This is an amazing victory, one that moves the fight for reproductive freedom forward.  Let us take a moment to celebrate this historic win – then get back to work because the fight is not done. Build the movement for reproductive freedom by joining Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island (PPV!RI), the advocacy and electoral arm of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. Join PPV!RI Now! Rhode Island Facts: Only 1/3 of the Rhode Island General Assembly publicly supports the right to abortion1 The Rhode Island Constitution says “Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant or secure any right relating to abortion or the funding thereof.”2 Each year our opponents introduce dozens of bills to restrict abortion Across the nation, lawmakers have passed hundreds of laws at the state level to restrict access to legal, safe abortion. Here in Rhode Island, we face many of the same challenges. In its 2016 “Who Decides?” scorecard, NARAL Pro-Choice America gave Rhode Island an “F” rating – the same grade received by Texas.  Join PPV!RI Now! More Rhode Island Facts: Rhode Island law prevents state employee’s health insurance from covering abortion services (that’s over 14,000 Rhode Islanders)3 Rhode Island law bans payment for abortion services for low-income women covered by Medicaid  (that’s over 210,000 Rhode Islanders)4 Rhode Island still has laws on the books that have been declared unconstitutional by the courts, including abortion spousal notification requirement, a ban on all commercial health insurance covering abortion, and bans on certain abortion procedures.5 If the Supreme Court were ever to reverse Roe v. Wade, abortion rights will be decided at the state level. Right now, that is a scary thought for Rhode Island.  Together, we can secure reproductive freedom for all Rhode Islanders! Thank you, Victoria Ruiz and Craig O’Connor    ---The team at Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island P.S. Please join us at Rock the Boat on Thursday, July 28th to support Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island. Citations: 1 According to analysis by PPV!RI 2 Consitution http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/RiConstitution/ 3 Rhode Island General Laws § 36-12-2.1 4 RIGL § 42-12.3-3 and EOHHS 2014 Annual Medicaid Report 5 Rhode Island General Laws §  23-4.8-2, 27-18-28, and 23-4.12-1

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