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This year, you and I saw the culmination of a nationwide strategy to end abortion in this country, when the Supreme Court allowed Texas to effectively ban all abortion care in the state. The Supreme Court’s failure to act on Texas’s ban has given other state legislators the green light to ban abortion right now.  
 
That is exactly what politicians in Kentucky and in Idaho have done. 

In March, a Texas-style extreme abortion ban was enacted by Idaho politicians. It prohibits all abortions after just six weeks (well before many people even know they’re pregnant).  
 
And just recently, the Kentucky General Assembly voted to override Governor Beshear’s veto of House Bill 3 — a frankly disgusting bill filled with extreme and unreasonable restrictions specifically designed to make it impossible for Planned Parenthood to provide abortion.  

Fortunately, both laws have been temporarily blocked by the courts, and abortion remains legal in both Kentucky and Idaho.  

But these politicians have made it clear: they’re intent on eliminating abortion access. In Kentucky, they even succeeded for eight days, making Kentucky the first state in the country to completely lose access to abortion care before the law was blocked. 

Bans like these are happening everywhere — they are terrifying, harsh, and made to stop people from exercising control over their own body and health.  

This has been a devastating time for the people of Kentucky and Idaho, and for all of us who believe in bodily autonomy and freedom. I want to emphasize that our health centers in Kentucky and Idaho are still open. Planned Parenthood staff are here every day to provide the maximum range of services allowed by law.  

These laws are flagrantly unconstitutional, and they subvert basic principles of our judicial system. This is about much more than abortion — it is about attempting to circumvent the rule of law and undermine constitutional rights.  

Please stay tuned for more updates on Planned Parenthood’s litigation efforts, which we’ll share as soon as available.  
 
It’s important to me that you know it’s because of your support Planned Parenthood has the ability to fight horrendous anti-abortion laws like these.  

To keep this movement fighting forward, please donate here.   

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