Four years ago, the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, opening the door for extremists across the country to attack reproductive rights.
Within weeks, Indiana Republicans called a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban, making Indiana the first state in the nation to do so after Dobbs.
And I know exactly what that meant in a way that's never left me. When I was in high school, I lost my classmate Becky Bell to a back-alley abortion. That loss is part of why I ran for the Indiana House in 2016, and why I've never stopped fighting for reproductive rights since.
Because these attacks go beyond just reproductive care. I grew up with a single mom who worked as hard as she could to make ends meet, but affordable childcare was out of reach. I was a latchkey kid way too young. That experience is why I've pushed the Indiana House to take real votes on affordable childcare and pre-K. Because when kids have access to high-quality care, and parents can go to work, everyone wins.
The Republican Supermajority clearly thinks differently. They've gutted childcare funding and blocked us at every turn: on reproductive rights, on working families, and on every issue that matters to everyday Hoosiers. This November, we can finally change that. Breaking the supermajority puts a real check on the GOP's attacks and gets Indiana back on track for working families.
