U.S (UltraViolet) : AT&T gave millions to the Texas Republicans who banned abortion.

 

 

 

Dear friend,

 

 

 

With S.B.8 in effect, Texas abortion clinics are forced to turn away patients or are shutting down completely. Out-of-state clinics are flooded with patients in desperate need of care. Anti-choice groups are recruiting bounty hunters who will sue anyone they find "aiding and abetting" an abortion.¹

 

The crisis in Texas is the culmination of a decades-long strategy by the right wing--helped by support from campaign contributions from corporations like Dallas-based AT&T.²

 

AT&T has poured millions and millions of dollars into the campaigns of anti-choice politicians, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and four of the Texas abortion ban's five main authors--all while claiming to stand for diversity, equity, and inclusion based on race, gender, and sexual orientation.³

 

We're calling B.S. and demanding that AT&T denounce this hateful new abortion ban and stop funding the politicians behind it.

 

 

 

Ultraviolet is calling out AT&T with a mobile billboard outside its Dallas headquarters--demanding that it stop funding anti-choice extremist politicians. Will you chip in?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Corporate America is one of the largest supporters of anti-choice, anti-women politicians--even those who claim they are pro-woman--and AT&T is among the worst offenders.

 

Our research found that AT&T gave $2.7 million to anti-choice candidates and their PACs last year, including hundreds of thousands of dollars to the sponsors of the Texas abortion ban. Rep. Jeff Leach got $15,000, which is huge money in a state legislative race.

 

Now that the Supreme Court has green-lit the law, anti-abortion politicians are eyeing copycat measures in the South and the Midwest. Many of them have the financial backing of AT&T.

 

The good news is that grassroots campaigns can go a long way toward stopping corporations from funding terrible politicians. After the insurrection at the Capitol Building in January, public outrage caused dozens of companies to withdraw donations to pro-Trump legislators.⁴

 

Thanks to our campaign, the phones have been ringing off the hook at AT&T, and company officials are taking note. Now we're ramping up the pressure with a mobile billboard outside AT&T's Dallas headquarters.

 

 

 

Yes, I'll chip in to demand that AT&T stop funding anti-choice extremists and denounce the Texas abortion ban.

 

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

Shaunna, Kathy, Melody, Lindsay, Sonja, Kimberly, Maria, Elisa, KaeLyn, KD, Iris, Bridget, Katie, Jaya, Meena, Isatou, and Luna, the UltraViolet Action team.

 

 

 

 

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Sources :

 

 

 

 

 

1. Abortion providers and distraught patients confront stark realities of Texas' new law, The Texas Tribune, September 1, 2021

2. Supreme Court, Breaking Silence, Won't Block Texas Abortion Law, The New York Times, September 15, 2021

3. Our Commitment to Equality, AT&T, accessed September 16, 2021

4. Pause in Corporate PAC Spending Triggers Political Pushback, The Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2021