Health Info, Policy Updates
9.7.24 Voter Empowerment Alert
September 9, 2024
The FAQ-style toolkit to help you feel confident leading up to Election Day.
The 2024 election will be, yet again, the most consequential election of our lives.
Women’s health and voting rights are inextricably linked. Our votes can save lives, restore bodily autonomy, and transform the country into a place where women and people assigned female at birth are full citizens again. As part of our #4Her2024 Get Out the Vote campaign, the NWHN, Sarah Epperson, and NOISE FOR NOW bring you this exclusive T-shirt so that you can proudly identify as a women’s health voter. 90% of the proceeds go right back to the NWHN’s work. Preorder today.
VOTER TIP OF THE WEEK
How do I vote in-person?
– You can find your nearest polling place by using vote.org’s polling place locator tool.
– Each state sets its own voter ID rules. Most require voters to bring identification to vote in person. Find out what type of ID is required to vote in your state here.
Get more voting tips and resources at our Voting HQ Page.
ELECTION NEWS
– ABC News says Harris and Trump have agreed to a presidential debate on Sept. 10.
– Where vice presidential pick Tim Walz stands on health care issues.
– Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump across seven battleground states: poll.
– People are sharing their top issues for this election.
– How Tim Walz became beloved by young voters with a message that the GOP is ‘weird.’
– Kamala Harris youthquake as she jumps 20 points with young voters
WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUE EDUCATION
– Donald Trump suggests he’s open to banning abortion pill mifepristone.
– Judge to rule whether Alabama can prosecute people who aid out-of-state abortions.
– Wide swath of America remains opposed to Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, poll finds.
– Alabama IVF clinics ask Supreme Court to take up appeal of state ruling.
– States that have restricted gender-affirming care for trans youth.
– Opinion: IVF changed America. But its future is under threat.
NWHN Trusted Resource Highlight
Charley, The Abortion Chatbot
Chat with Charley to get abortion options in every zip code. Charley is managed by trusted partners of the NWHN. Everything Charley shares has been vetted by experienced public health professionals and reproductive health advocates, including medical and legal experts. Chat now.
In Solidarity,
The National Women’s Health Network
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