Yesterday, we rallied with over a dozen NAPAWF*NYC members and coalition partners at City Hall Park and delivered 427 petition signatures and our coalition letter to Speaker Corey Johnson. We will continue to tell the NYC Council that they must adopt Resolution 920 for AAPI communities and communities of color NOW.
As member, Nina Guttapelle put it:
“Across the country, and even here in New York, we are seeing sex-selective abortion bans. These bans open the door for politicians to further intrude in personal decision-making.
"These extreme bans weaponize harmful stereotypes about our AAPI community and would require doctors to racially profile their patients. Under these bans, AAPI folks would be subjected to medically unnecessary questions, increased scrutiny, and could even be denied reproductive health care.
"Patients must be able to trust their doctors and get the abortion care they need. That’s why we -- NAPAWF NYC members -- have been organizing for Resolution 920."
Yesterday, our Op-Ed was also published in the Daily News! NAPAWF*NYC Leader Negar Esfandiari wrote a powerful piece on how our AAPI community refuses to be scapegoated to justify restrictive abortion bans.
Together we are building power. We are organizing for our communities at a time when so much is at stake. We are not a model minority. We are not a monolith. We are not invisible. We are not yours.
We can't do this work alone, <<First Name>>. We need you in this fight with us.
Please consider making a donation to support our #NYCAgainstPRENDA campaign today. And if you haven't signed our petition yet, be sure to add your name!
NAPAWF New York City (NAPAWF*NYC) builds power with members to advance social justice and human rights for AAPI women and girls, transgender, gender non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals in New York.
We are a community of AAPI feminist visionaries and doers, dedicated to using our respective skills and expertise to raise our voices, take bold, meaningful action, and lift up our community.
