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* Since the fall of Roe, we have seen our communities come together as a multigenerational & multiracial movement for reproductive freedom to fight for Arizonans’ fundamental rights, & this ballot initiative will continue to build on this momentum

* coalition is new political action committee called Arizona for Abortion Access, led by

ACLU of Arizona

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona

NARAL Arizona

Affirm Sexual and Reproductive Health

Arizona List

Healthcare Rising Arizona

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 2y ago

Addendae 1

Direct Democracy Upending the GOP’s Radical Agenda

Republicans lost a big ballot initiative fight in Ohio this week, but their war against voters is destined to continue

https://newrepublic.com/article/174750/battle-ballot-initiative-ohio-2024

Direct democracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy

* form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives w/o elected representatives as proxies

* differs from majority of currently established democracies: representative democracies

#GOP #neofascism #DirectDemocracy #CultureWars

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 2y ago

Addendae 2

Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Still Deeply Unpopular Across U.S. Poll Finds

https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-abortion-ruling-still-deeply-unpopular-across-us-poll-finds

* CNN poll: 64% of U.S. adults disagree with the decision; 50% “strongly” disagree

* nearly double proportion of people who said in the latest poll they approve of the decision: 36%

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23902613-cnn-poll-abortions-role-as-an-electoral-litmus-test-hasnt-faded-a-year-after-supreme-court-decision-overturning-roe

#SCOTUS #Roe_v_Wade #democracy #abortion #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #neofascism #populism #ChristianRight #Christofascism #WomensRights #PublicHealth #GOP #neoconservatism