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Women make up 15% of Alabama’s state legislature. In Vermont, the number is 39% — which is still too low, but is also the second highest in the nation.

Alabama’s heavily-male dominated legislature just passed the most draconian anti-abortion law in the country. If it gets upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, it will usher in an even larger wave of anti-abortion laws, voted on by men and victimizing women.

Vermont’s more representative state legislature, meanwhile, recently approved the following amendment to the state’s most fundamental legal document, to serve as a law above all laws:

That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.

Every woman needs to know:
You will always have a safe haven in Vermont.
You just have to get here.

PS: My town’s state representative voted against the amendment. More of my community members need to know that.

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