Act Now to Support Reproductive Rights in Kansas: July 29, 2022
Kansas will have the first vote in the nation to determine reproductive rights since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs. On August 2, 2022, the primary voters in Kansas will be asked to vote on an abortion access referendum. Kansans For Constitutional Freedom is leading the effort, supported by the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, Trust Women, and other groups, to inform voters about the urgency to vote in the Kansas primary. You can help!
- July 27-August 2, 5:30-8:30 pm, Phonebank to alert Kansas voters that there is a referendum that would eliminate the state’s guarantee of the right to abortion on the August 2nd primary ballot.
Phonebanking will go on every evening from 5:30 – 8:30 CT (Kansas is on Central Time too). Each phonebanking session begins with a 30-minute training on Zoom. The Zoom conference provides support during the phonebanking and finishes with a wrap-up discussion. You will need both a computer for the Zoom conference and a phone for the phonebanking.
Register here with the Kansans For Constitutional Freedom: https://secure.everyaction.com/p/pxhMyyaMZ0eyrMhpLruvXw2.
Register here through the ACLU People Power website: https://go.peoplepower.org/go/call-kansas.
Here are other ways to live into our UU values and support Reproductive Justice:
VOTE! If you want to get involved with UUtheVote, please contact Shirley Adams through Realm or at admin@ucevanston.org.
Get involved in conversations with your legislators! If you want to work with our Legislative Action Team, please contact Jane Bannor through Realm or at admin@ucevanston.org.
Be Engaged, Get Trained, Go March!
- August 9, 23 at 7:00 pm, participate in the ACLU People Power’s Abortion Activist Services, Know Your Rights: Digital Privacy and Abortion Access.
Donate to one of the organizations helping people who are pregnant have abortion access as an option:
- Healthcare providers with abortion access:
- Abortion funds, which remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access:
- Direct service providers (help with travel coordination and costs, lodging, food, medicine, and emotional support):
- Educating medical providers on a wide range of comprehensive reproductive health care topics that improve access:
Volunteer with an organization providing abortion access:
Finally, one of the best ways is to talk with others about your values and your support of self-determination, abortion access, and privacy rights! At UCE, we have formed a Reproductive Justice Ad Hoc Group. If you would like to be engaged with this group, please contact Rev. Susan at sfrances@ucevanston.org. Knowing this is a long-haul issue, we are already partnering with our sister congregations through the Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois, our local interfaith colleagues, and abortion access providers in the Midwest to determine how we, as a congregation, can support Reproductive Justice for all.