The Abortion Rights Freedom Ride 2014:
GROUND ZERO TEXAS

A fight to turn the tide in the all-out assault on women's right to abortion and birth control

July 21, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us

 

In 2011, Texas had 46 clinics; by September 1, 2014, there are likely to be only six left. Nationwide, hundreds of laws restricting abortion have been passed in recent years. Six states have only one abortion clinic left.

THIS MUST BE RESISTED AND REVERSED! Without access to safe abortion, women die from dangerous, illegal abortions and many more are forced to bear children they don’t want, foreclosing their lives and dreams.

Through the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride, through the People’s Hearings, through dramatic and determined protest, through mass participation throughout Texas and around the country, and through a nationwide Week of Defiance August 25-September 1, a huge leap can and must be made in forging the kind of mass independent political resistance that can turn the tide.

Become a freedom rider for women’s lives!

  • DONATE.
  • Sign the Statement to Stop Forced Motherhood.
  • In Texas, attend the People’s Hearings each Wednesday: July 30 in Houston; August 6 in Austin; August 13 in San Antonio; August 20 in Los Fresnos (Rio Grande Valley)
  • Join in street protests each Thursday: Houston, July 31; Austin, August 7; San Antonio, August 14; Brownsville, August 21.
  • Additionally, Monday, August 4: Protest outside a court hearing in Austin to insist the next round of clinic closures NOT go forward.
  • Everywhere: Host a viewing party each Wednesday for the People’s Hearings that are LIVE webcast.

Join in the National Week of Defiance from August 25-September 1. Wherever you are: Hold readings of abortion testimony, spread the stickers, storm social media, and go into the streets with pictures of the women who have died from illegal abortions, shackles representing female enslavement, and bloody coat-hangers.

 

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