Tomorrow #SCOTUS will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case that *directly* challenges #RoevWade & the right to abortion itself. The incomparable Julie Rickelman from @ReproRights will argue for JWHO. 1/

Tomorrow also marks *THREE MONTHS* since SCOTUS refused to step in and block a TX abortion ban, cutting off access to most abortions for millions of people in the state. 2/

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#JWHO is the most consequential abortion rights case in generations, and what is happening in TX right now is a harrowing real-time preview of what is at stake. 3/

Forced pregnancy strips a person of their basic dignity. The right to decide if/when to have a child is central to our ability to make personal decisions about our bodies & futures. Abortion is ESSENTIAL for gender, economic, and racial equality. 4/

If Roe is overturned, *half* the states in the country are poised to ban abortion. The harm and chaos people are already experiencing in TX will spread across the South and Midwest. 5/ https://t.co/cTseVRfcCr

And it's not just the right to abortion on the line. Overturning Roe would threaten the right to make other fundamental decisions about our health, our lives, and our futures. In the interconnected framework of our rights, Roe has always been a load-bearing element. 6/

For nearly 50 years, SCOTUS has affirmed over and over again that the Constitution guarantees the right to abortion. The only outcome consistent with the rule of law is for the Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi’s abortion ban. 7/

...But that IS NOT ENOUGH! We must remember that abortion access is already abysmal in many states. It will get infinitely worse without Roe's basic protections, but for far too many the rights granted by Roe are not--and never were--a reality. 8/

Anti-abortion politicians have worked for decades to create legal roadblocks to abortion. These laws are part of a concerted strategy to ban abortion by any means possible. 9/

The impact of these restrictions fall hardest on people who already face discriminatory obstacles to health care: women, Black, Indigenous & other people of color, the LGBTQI+ community, immigrants, young people, people with disabilities, & those working to make ends meet. 10/

So no matter what happens in JWHO, we cannot stop fighting for a future where abortion isn’t just legal--but also accessible, affordable, and supported in our communities. #AbortionIsEssential. /end