Women’s Reproductive Rights
HAVE YOU CONTACTED YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND SHARED YOUR VIEW ABOUT WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS?
The Indiana General Assembly has rescheduled it special session for July 25, when legislators will respond to the recent Supreme Court decision on women’s reproductive rights. We have the power to affect that change — with our voice and our vote! Don’t miss this chance to contact our elected representatives, whether or not you voted for them. It’s more than an opportunity; it’s a responsibility.
Below are instructions about how to reach the legislators who represent our community as well as information that has been prepared by the St. Joseph County Health Department. The Health Department, in a June 30, 2022 press release, issued a statement including the following.
"As a public health department, part of our role is to inform and educate our community on how policy decisions impact public health. It is our understanding that the Indiana General Assembly is considering whether to maintain or modify Indiana’s current exceptions to abortion during pregnancy. The St. Joseph County Department of Health believes that women, their partners and families, and medical professionals must maintain the authority to make the judgement surrounding the need for termination of a pregnancy under exceptional circumstances to protect the lives of women and prevent an increase in maternal morbidity and mortality. We have contacted the elected officials who represent St. Joseph County at the Indiana Statehouse to share this view. We also encouraged their support for other public health interventions such as access to affordable healthcare including prenatal care, family planning, and other social supports which determine the overall health of women of reproductive age and can decrease the need for abortion.
USE YOUR VOICE,
A list of all IN representatives in the House is here: https://www.citact.org/sites/default/files/2022-Indiana-State-Representatives-1.pdf
A list of all IN senators in the IN State Senate is here: https://www.citact.org/sites/default/files/2022-Indiana-State-Senators.pdfhttp://iga.in.gov/legislative/find-legislators/ site will help you find your legislator if you do not know who they are.Thank you for advocating for a woman’s right to choose.”***********************************************************************