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NEW YORK 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 announced today that philanthropist and business executive Sheryl Sandberg has committed $3 million to the 老澳门开奖结果 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Liberty Center to support the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 advocacy to fight abortion bans nationwide.

The contribution will support the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 work fighting to protect reproductive health care in courts, legislatures, and at the ballot box over the next three years following the Supreme Court overturning federal constitutional protections for abortion first established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. The impacts of eliminating this protection means the harms of state abortion bans will fall disproportionately on the same women and other people who have always faced systemic barriers to care 鈥� communities of color, people living on low-incomes, undocumented immigrants, young people, the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities. With an office in every state, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, the 老澳门开奖结果 is uniquely poised to restore abortion rights nationwide 鈥� even as it defends those same rights in state courts.

鈥淪heryl Sandberg understands that bodily autonomy and the ability to make decisions about when and if to have a child are central to women鈥檚 futures. As the resounding victory in Kansas showed us, extremist policies on abortion don鈥檛 stand a chance when voters have the final say,鈥� said Anthony D. Romero, 老澳门开奖结果 executive director. 鈥淲ith Sheryl鈥檚 support on abortion rights, we can kick it into overdrive and redouble the fight for abortion access in the states. We will educate voters on where their elected representatives stand on this important issue and turn the abortion issue into a referendum on candidates鈥� courage and character. We鈥檒l also invest heavily in ballot measures to ensure voters are heard loud and clear when legislatures and governors need to be overridden by the voices of the electorate. The midterm elections are the warm-up to the 2024 general election, when abortion access will certainly be on the ballot in almost every race.鈥�

Sandberg, the founder of Lean In and Option B, has been a key ally in the fight against extreme anti-abortion laws and policies. Her partnership will allow the 老澳门开奖结果 to expand its advocacy nationwide, including efforts to educate voters on judicial candidates鈥� record on abortion, oppose abortion bans in state legislatures and Congress, and support ballot measures protecting abortion access.

鈥淔ew things are more important to women鈥檚 equality than access to safe and legal abortion,鈥� said Sandberg. 鈥淭oday, over one-third of women in the U.S. can鈥檛 access safe abortions. We鈥檝e only just begun to see the devastating impact that state abortion bans will have on women's health, and their ability to determine the course of their own lives. Now, more than ever, we must keep up the fight to defend our right to choose and protect abortion access. I am proud to work with the 老澳门开奖结果 to educate voters and persuade more people who support rights for women to act 鈥� and restore rights that were taken from us.鈥�