Erin and Liv Run for Reproductive Rights
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Mega Update: we’ve set a date! Our (1st annual? Maybe!) 24-Hour Fun(draising) Run for Abortion and Reproductive Rights is set for August 21-22. We’ll be starting at 6AM on Sunday. Stay tuned for coverage!
Hi! We’re Liv Paxton and Erin Gallagher.
Following the leaked draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Liv resolved to raise funds for abortion aid by running for 24 hours. Similarly determined to do something about the assault on women’s rights, her friend Erin asked to join her.
Since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, we have seen the nation grow in its division over this fundamental issue: whether women should have the ability to make decisions about their bodies and futures. We believe that women everywhere should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies in all cases whatsoever and that a safe and legal abortion should be easily accessible without the need to justify that decision. Additionally, we believe that financial barriers to abortion access have no place in American society, often maintaining a crippling cycle of intergenerational poverty and trauma. With this run, we hope to contribute to abortion aid services and promote awareness about an issue too often cast as a "Women's Issue," while increasingly devoid of women's choices.
Since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, we have seen the nation grow in its division over this fundamental issue: whether women should have the ability to make decisions about their bodies and futures. We believe that women everywhere should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies in all cases whatsoever and that a safe and legal abortion should be easily accessible without the need to justify that decision. Additionally, we believe that financial barriers to abortion access have no place in American society, often maintaining a crippling cycle of intergenerational poverty and trauma. With this run, we hope to contribute to abortion aid services and promote awareness about an issue too often cast as a "Women's Issue," while increasingly devoid of women's choices.
We are raising funds together to be split between two organizations, ARC Southeast and the Palmetto State Abortion Fund. Our run is tentatively set for mid to late summer 2022, with a goal of raising funds in the lead-up to and during our 24-hour run.
Find out more about our chosen organizations here:
ARC Southeast: https://arc-southeast.org/about-us/
Palmetto State Abortion Fund: https://palmettostateabortionfund.com/
Fundraising team (2)
Erin Gallagher
Organizer
Atlanta, GA
Liv Paxton
Team member