Last week’s exhilarating wins for democrats across the nation have made it clear that voters are calling for a bold vision for the future of our communities and country.
Unswayed by the bombardment of ads financed by mind-boggling amounts of billionaire cash, voters stood for our own best interest in rejecting more cuts to healthcare, attacks on our neighbors, restrictions on abortion access, warmongering, and siphoning of wealth from the bottom 99% to the top 1%.
Democrats have received a clear mandate – to be bold in delivering tangible benefits to Americans and overturn HR1. The deeply unpopular cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act Marketplace have already wreaked havoc on families’ finances and health and wellbeing, and we feel the acute urgency of overturning HR1 – it’s a matter of life and death.
The clarity of results in Democrats’ favor provide momentum to go beyond just overturning HR1 and to build towards comprehensive Medicare-for-All coverage that provides the meaningful access that voters are demanding. We must invest in families by addressing the roots of the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis by passing the Momnibus Act.
In Illinois, flipped seats across the state show that voters are hungry for leaders that deliver on promises for affordable healthcare at the state level. We want to see the Illinois General Assembly as a national model to protect families from the brunt of SNAP and Medicaid cuts that are still being implemented and to create alternative healthcare models to lay the groundwork for what we can accomplish at the national level.
We understand that this vision will take a reimagining of our economic system. The overwhelming support for the ballot referendum in Cook County to gauge support for a millionaire’s tax demonstrates that voters in Illinois are ready to match our vision with bold action.
EverThrive IL is ready to take on this challenge. We recognize that this moment takes a different approach to policy that meaningfully involves community members in the development and execution of policy strategy. Our new Policy Charter maps out our future direction and strategy to achieve reproductive and health justice. With our partners – doulas, midwives, OB/GYNs, pediatricians, mental health and substance use treatment professionals, immigrant justice organizers, early childhood providers, food justice practitioners, and family leaders, we are building the infrastructure to achieve birth justice.
We need you to meet this moment. Join our Policy Action Network to get involved in the movement for reproductive justice in Illinois and beyond.