Dear MoveOn member,
With abortion on the ballot, it’s not an exaggeration to say that this election is a matter of life and death.
As recently reported, there are now cases of women dying because abortion bans prevented them from getting medical care they needed—such as Amber Thurman, the nurse-in-training and mother of a young child, who died because Georgia doctors were prohibited by state law to perform the procedure that would have saved her life.1
We all have a choice between two presidential candidates—one who brags about being responsible for overturning Roe vs. Wade and another who is fighting fiercely to restore abortion access in every state. In addition, a handful of states, including Arizona, will be voting on the future of abortion rights in their states through ballot initiatives. Abortion is literally on the ballot.
In Arizona, voters will see Proposition 139 on their ballots.2 This ballot initiative gives Arizonans the opportunity to amend the state constitution to permanently protect access to abortion care. With right-wing attacks on our reproductive rights, we have to do everything in our power to ensure Arizonans will continue to have access to abortion. And right now, this means helping spread the word to Arizonans about Proposition 139 to drive them to the polls to vote yes.
MoveOn staff and volunteers make phone banks easy, fun, and effective. You’ll have folks coaching you on how to make calls and how to talk about the issues, and you can check in with each other between calls.
These personal interactions are so much more powerful than TV ads and social media posts. And MoveOn is ensuring we’re calling exactly the voters who can turn this election—if they make a plan to vote. By speaking to them about what’s at stake, encouraging them to make a plan, and putting a personal voice to this outreach, you are the most effective tool to inspire voter turnout.
For the sake of abortion rights and so much more—and for the health and lives of hundreds of millions of Americans now living in states where they are denied access to the health care they need and deserve—join a phone bank Tuesday evening.
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Alexis, Kelsey, Seth, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. “Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.,” ProPublica, September 16, 2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death
2. “Arizona Proposition 139, Right to Abortion Initiative,” Ballotpedia, accessed September 20, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/197430?t=7&akid=407296%2E37680734%2E8z_i7c(2024)
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