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email intercepted: (where’s the Snoopy dancing meme?)

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“Dear MoveOn member,
In a shameful attempt to use the coronavirus crisis to push their own radical agendas, the governors and attorneys general of Ohio, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Alabama have demanded the closure of their states’ abortion clinics, calling abortions “non-essential” medical procedures.1

Moments ago, the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas’s abortion ban, and since the 5th Circuit covers the states of Louisiana and Mississippi as well, it is expected that their bans will be able to go into effect immediately as well.2

Let’s be very clear: Abortions are essential, time-sensitive medical procedures, and using a global pandemic to further restrict access to abortion is despicable.

In just the first day after the news was announced, Whole Women’s Health—one of the last remaining abortion providers in Texas—was forced to cancel 150 appointments, and thus far Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas locations have had to cancel 200 more.3 For many, especially low-income people and people of color, the cost of traveling to another state—on top of the added risk of exposure to the coronavirus—will mean that they have lost access to abortion altogether.”