Hi, readers. We can’t remember a time we’ve ever done this before, but we can’t remember a situation quite like this, either. We’ve written our primary preview as usual, but it is not contained in this email, because there’s something more important to discuss. We have included the link to the primary preview at the end of this email; we ask that you read this email before proceeding to the preview.
We decided that in light of the draft opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade, leaked late last night, we’d use our space in your email inbox to ask you to donate to local abortion funds. The work they do is critical to ensuring abortion access now more than ever, and it will only grow more important if Roe truly is overturned. Without Roe, blue states will see a sharp uptick in people from other states coming there to seek abortion care, while red states will enter a harrowing legal landscape where abortion might even be criminalized; funds in blue states and red states alike will be essential to preserving the right to an abortion. The National Network of Abortion Funds has a locator tool to help you find local abortion funds; we recommend you use that to find a local fund and donate what you can. If you don’t want to select a local fund for some reason, or just want to make a quicker choice, ARC-Southeast and the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund both operate in Mississippi, where this court case originated and where abortion will become illegal overnight if Roe falls. You can donate to ARC-Southeast here, and you can donate to the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund here.
In solidarity,
Primary School