To the many of our volunteers who are mothers, we wish you a wonderful day today!
For most of us, motherhood was our choice. We were fortunate to come of age after the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision in favor of "Jane Roe" (Norma McCorvey) in 1973 holding that women in the United States had a fundamental right to choose whether to have abortions without excessive government restriction.
Today, we are faced with the likelihood that this constitutional right will be taken away from American women in the near future.
At Indivisible Marin, we believe that the only realistic option for Democrats to preserve abortion rights is to both keep their majority in the House and to gain seats in the Senate in the upcoming November elections.
If we, together with other committed volunteers across the country, achieve this goal, we will make possible not only the passage of legislation protecting reproductive rights, but also legislation on the many other issues about which we care so deeply - voting rights, democracy reforms, climate change and human infrastructure to improve the lives of all Americans. BUT, to succeed, Democrats need an army of volunteers to pitch in.
If you would like to receive a call from a member of IndiMarin's Leadership Team to discuss how you can best help with this effort given your individual circumstances, please reply to this email and we'll arrange for a call. We are committed to help empower and provide resources for all volunteers to become engaged in the best way to fit with their lives.
The fabulous Heather Cox Richardson explained in her newsletter last night that, "'Mothers’ Day'—with the apostrophe not in the singular spot, but in the plural—actually started in the 1870s, when the sheer enormity of the death caused by the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War convinced American women that women must take control of politics from the men who had permitted such carnage. Mothers’ Day was not designed to encourage people to be nice to their mothers. It was part of women’s effort to gain power to change modern society."
Let's celebrate Mothers' Day today in this same empowering spirit.
With much appreciation for all you do,
The IndiMarin Steering Committee - Andie, Amy, Joy, Betty, Betsy, Laurie and Susan
