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Today, one week before Florida\u2019s latest extreme abortion ban goes into effect, President Joe Biden will deliver remarks in Tampa on the stakes of this election for reproductive freedom across the entire country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Florida\u2019s ban takes effect, it will severely restrict reproductive healthcare access across the entire Southeastern United States, including neighboring battlegrounds of Georgia and North Carolina \u2013 two states with abortion bans on the books thanks to Donald Trump. Many women in the Southeast desperately in need of care will have to drive for a day or more<\/u><\/strong> to reach the closest clinic, further straining resources for providers that are already struggling to serve women coming from states with bans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent weeks, Trump has doubled down on taking credit for these extreme state abortion bans, bragging that he \u201cbroke <\/a>Roe<\/a><\/em>,\u201d saying he \u201cwas proudly the person responsible<\/a>\u201d for overturning it and it is \u201cworking the way it’s supposed <\/a>to<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Trump, \u201cworking the way it\u2019s supposed to\u201d means that 1 in 3 women are living under the dangerous abortion bans Trump brags about \u2013 the majority of which have no exceptions for rape or incest. The horrors women face every single day aren\u2019t exclusive to any one state. Across the country, women are getting turned<\/a> away<\/a> from<\/a> emergency<\/a> rooms<\/a> when they need lifesaving care. Victims of rape and incest, including children<\/a>, are being forced to travel thousands of miles for care, outside of states where Trump\u2019s abortion bans have already been instated<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump and his allies have no intention at stopping their assault on reproductive rights. They have a comprehensive strategy<\/a> to ban abortion in all 50 states if Trump retakes the White House \u2013 with or without the help of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These attacks on women\u2019s freedoms put Trump far out of step with the American people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In every election since the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, voters have continued to reject Trump\u2019s attacks on reproductive freedom, especially in competitive races and in our battleground states. With more bans being implemented as a result of Trump and more and more women being impacted every single day by these bans, abortion rights will continue to mobilize voters for President Biden and Democrats this November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Every Single Key Battleground, Reproductive Freedom Is a Top Issue<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Arizona<\/u><\/strong>, 66%<\/a> of voters disapprove of the state\u2019s 1864 ban, and this fall Arizonans will likely have the opportunity to cast their ballots to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. More than 1,000 new volunteers took action to help reelect President Biden and Democrats up and down the ticket in the week after the ruling, and the state\u2019s abortion ballot initiative received so many messages from voters asking to help that their website crashed<\/a>. Three months before the deadline, the initiative behind the ballot measure has already collected 500,000 signatures \u2013 100,000 more than they need to get on the ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Georgia<\/u><\/strong>, residents have been forced to live under an extreme abortion ban, which is exacerbating the state\u2019s devastating maternal health crisis. 62% of Georgians, including 86% of Black voters in the state<\/a>, oppose the ban. As president, Trump made maternal health challenges significantly worse by constantly attacking health care access, and his statewide abortion ban in Georgia has made starting a family even more dangerous for Black women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Michigan<\/u><\/strong>, voters overwhelmingly turned out to protect abortion rights and elect Democrats up and down the ticket in 2022. With abortion on the ballot and winning 57% of the vote, the state saw record voter turnout<\/a> and the highest youth turnout rate in the country<\/a> \u2013 winning Democrats a trifecta<\/a> in the governor\u2019s office and the state legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevada<\/u><\/strong> is one of the most pro-choice states in the country. In 1990, Nevadans voted to protect women\u2019s reproductive rights in a referendum with more than 63% support. This year, organizers are working to officially codify abortion rights in the state\u2019s constitution, and surpassed the signature threshold more than two months ahead of the deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In New Hampshire<\/u><\/strong>, 69%<\/a> of voters support women\u2019s reproductive freedoms. But New Hampshire is also the only state in New England without proactive protections for abortion rights in state statutes or the state constitution, making reproductive freedom a critical issue in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In North Carolina<\/u><\/strong>, Trump\u2019s allies in the state legislature overrode Governor Roy Cooper\u2019s veto to enact a dangerous abortion ban in 2023 that has led to health care professionals leaving<\/a> the state<\/a>. Opposition to the state\u2019s abortion ban is mobilizing Democrats across the state<\/a>, including in critical Mecklenburg County \u2013 the home district of the former Democratic state representative who switched parties to help pass the state\u2019s abortion ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Pennsylvania<\/u><\/strong>, Democrats have won recent elections \u2013 including one<\/a> in swing Bucks County \u2013 by overperforming in the key collar counties surrounding Philadelphia, where abortion rights are incredibly popular. In 2022, after Trump overturned Roe v. Wade<\/em>, Democrats won the gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, all three swing U.S. House seats, and even eventually took control of the state House for the first time in more than a decade. A CBS Pennsylvania exit poll<\/a> found that abortion was the top issue for voters in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Wisconsin<\/u><\/strong>, a draconian law from 1849, similar to Arizona\u2019s, remains on the books with no exceptions for health, rape, or incest. Opposition to this law helped power Democrats\u2019 overwhelming victory in last year\u2019s state Supreme Court race, when Justice Janet Protasiewicz put reproductive rights front and center in her campaign and won with more than 55% of the vote. Just last week, another liberal justice on the state court announced her retirement, which means reproductive freedoms in the state are once again hanging in the balance, heightening the stakes of the 2024 presidential race for reproductive rights in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n