Reproductive Choice Committee Forms, By Liz Jordan

On June 24, 2022, the U. S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision changed the political landscape for organizations like AAUW.  We discovered that we are further from winning the equity war; we have lost one of the most important hills on the battlefield. While there is much talk within all women’s rights organizations, California is in the lonely company of only 11 other states protecting a woman’s right to control her body and her future.  In August, four Sacramento branch members joined for two meetings over Zoom.

To date, we have contacted all members of our Public Policy Committee that existed in 2020-21 under the guiding hand of Arlene Cullum.   We have met twice to determine our purpose/mission and how we can achieve that mission.  Briefly and within the mission of our mothership – we will research national, state and local topics about reproductive rights, create resources we can share, and prepare to educate our branch members for action and advocacy.

Our third and next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 9, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. over Zoom.  We are using Zoom because members are so busy that this relieves us of arranging for a meeting site and time driving back and forth. In the future, if the committee wants to meet in person, we will make those plans.

We need to share with more members the time commitment for all this research and chronicling of resources, and so we welcome any interested member joining the fun.

At this time, you may contact Liz Jordan, Carole Cline, Lisa Howard or Arlene Callum to get more information.  Please see more contact information in the directory.  We will send you the Zoom invitation for the Sept. 9 meeting and any future meetings that we plan.