Roe-verturned → What To Do

Today is a good day to remind my communities that abortion and bodily autonomy are NOT “sticky”, “thorny” or “third rail” issues as you may have understandably come to believe. A supermajority of Americans (80%) support abortion access. Taking bodily autonomy and personal rights away from 51%+ of the population — that meaningfully contributes to society in both paid and unpaid labor and makes over 85% of household purchasing decisions — is a humanitarian and economic crisis in the United States that the entire world is paying attention to. “Whatever the exact scope of the coming laws,” the dissenting justices wrote, “one result of today’s decision is certain: the curtailment of women’s rights, and of their status as free and equal citizens.”

Today is also a good day to remember that many Black, brown, poor, and other marginalized people have never had access to safe and legal abortion in this country — and that all of our destinies are inextricably linked. The overturn of Roe v Wade is just the beginning, and tells us how this Supreme Court will be making future decisions on individual rights in an attempt to shape the US to their religious autocratic agenda — birth control, IVF/fertility, voting rights, gay marriage, interracial marriage, guns, surveillance…..and many other less overt underpinnings of our fragile fragile democracy are on their chopping block.

This is not a drill.

Here’s our growing data room of resources and research at the intersection of SCOTUS, business, and the economy.

WHAT TO DO

FOR EMPLOYERS

Read Hidden Value: TheBusiness Case for Reproductive Health and our other resources

Determine ASAP how you will ensure company benefits support all of your workers: How Companies Can Strengthen Reproductive Health Care

Sign on to the Don’t Ban Equality coalition initiative

FOR EMPLOYEES

Ask company leadership how they are ensuring company benefits support all workers: How Companies Can Strengthen Reproductive Health Care

Share Hidden Value: TheBusiness Case for Reproductive Health and our other resources

Ask how the company plans to use their role as business leaders to be on the right side of history — their engagement with the Don’t Ban Equality coalition is a great starting place to more deeply engage on other issues facing the business in the weeks and months ahead

Find out which political candidates and PACs your employer has donated to in order to identify misalignment with your company’s publicly stated values

FOR EVERYONE

Fund urgent abortion access via National Network of Abortion Funds to give to 80+ funds at once (501c3) and the Abortion Care Network/Keep Our Clinics (501c3), fund the political power for abortion and other democratic issues via NARAL (501c3 or 501c4 or with crypto) and All Above All* Action Fund (501c4) (set up recurring monthly donations — MRR helps with strategy and planning for those doing the work)

Share information about abortion pills from Plan C — and be careful of misinformation

Say “abortion” because “choice” and other euphemisms add to shame and stigma when abortion is healthcare that everyone has benefitted from whether they realize it or not

Don’t forget to take care of yourself today and every day.

Janna