Exposing the far right’s plan to implement a national abortion ban !!️

ACT NOW: Protect abortion access from extremists Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress To make sure you never miss an email from us, please add progress@americanprogress.org to your contacts or safe senders list. Thanks for staying connected with us! Project 2025 wants to weaponize an archaic law to enact a national abortion ban [An exam room at a health center in Louisville, Kentucky, where surgeries, including abortions, are performed, stands empty, July 2022.]( Photo credit: Getty/Jon Cherry Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a critical blow to reproductive rights with the [Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center]( decision, effectively eradicating the constitutional right to an abortion. This was just the first step in the far right’s long-term plan to exert complete control over Americans’ reproductive freedom. In the authoritarian playbook called “[Project 2025]( extremists have revealed the next part of their radical and dangerous plan: an unmitigated attack on the mailing of medication abortion. Often delivered by mail, medication abortion is an accessible Food and Drug Administration-approved regimen that has been used safely and effectively by [more than 4 million women]( for early abortion care since it was first approved in [2000](. It is also the [most common]( method of abortion care, presently used for more than half of all abortions in the United States. Far-right extremists plan to eliminate access to this essential and lifesaving medication by destroying the independent role of the U.S. Department of Justice to misapply the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that bans the mailing of items deemed obscene. By using this strategy, the far right would criminalize the mailing of medication abortion and abortion-related materials, instituting a de facto national abortion ban without adhering to this country’s democratic and legislative processes. In this two-part series, the Center for American Progress’ Director of the Women’s Initiative [Sabrina Talukder]( breaks down this conservative policy and the far-reaching consequences that would affect women, families, and medical providers across America. [Learn More]( Read more on how the far right’s new authoritarian playbook could usher in a sweeping array of dangerous policies and harm all Americans. [MorE about project 2025]( Take action: Protect abortion access from far-right extremists As anti-abortion state legislators continue their assault on abortion, we know that protecting access to care is critical—but it is not enough. We can expand and strengthen reproductive health and family planning protections in states where abortion is legal by: - Making abortion more affordable - Protecting state-level reproductive rights - Expanding the types of authorized providers - Protecting abortion providers and safe access to care and clinics Add your name to help preserve the right to affordable, accessible abortion care. [Take Action]( The start of summer brings extreme heat for workers [People work on the roof of a church during Phoenix's worst heat wave on record on July 26, 2023. ]( Photo credit: Getty/Mario Tama Extreme heat conditions are increasing across the United States, exposing a rising number of workers to conditions that cause injury, illness, and death. During extreme heat events, workers can suffer from: - Heat exhaustion and heat stroke - Injuries, such as burns or falls from heat-related dizziness - Preexisting conditions such as asthma that are worsened by heat exposure As heat waves caused by climate change become more frequent, longer lasting, and more intense, these risks become even greater for workers and employers, who also feel the economic impacts of heat events such as: - Lost productivity - Increased health care costs and worker compensation claims - Financial instability from missing work Learn more and read CAP’s policy recommendations for reducing worker injuries, illnesses, and deaths from extreme heat: [Learn More]( 🔥 This extreme heat report is the first in a summer 2024 series of products from CAP that will focus on policy recommendations to address the needs of populations that are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat. Gun violence is declining dramatically in 2024 [Students and their family members join hands outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 18, 2018, in Parkland, Florida, days after a shooting at the school.]( Photo credit: Getty/Matt McClain/The Washington Post A [new CAP analysis]( of Gun Violence Archive data finds gun homicides are down by 13.1 percent nationally in 2024 compared with the same time in 2023. Mass shootings are also down 29.3 percent, and 70 of the most populous 100 U.S. cities experienced the same or fewer gun violence victimizations in 2024 compared with 2023. Earlier this year, CAP reported that 2023 gun violence data [showed a historic overall single-year decline in gun homicides across the country](. This decline was precipitated, however, by a record surge in gun violence at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which [gun murders increased by 45 percent between 2019 and 2021](. Consequently, [even with the historic decline in U.S. murder]( and gun homicide rates in 2023, gun violence was still elevated last year nationally compared with prepandemic levels. Additionally, [CAP’s analysis shows]( that gun homicides fell much faster in states with the strongest gun laws, while states with the weakest gun laws saw marginal improvements to public safety, if any. Now four years from March 2020 and with major public safety investments—such as the [2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act]( and the [American Rescue Plan]( Act—driving resources into communities most affected by the surge of gun violence, there is reason to be hopeful that the nation can build on this progress. [Read More]( RSVP: State policies to protect patients from high out-of-pocket drug costs Last year, 28 percent of adults reported difficulty affording their prescription drugs, and 3 in 10 reported not taking their medication as prescribed due to cost. 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