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AOC Raised Money for Texas Abortion Funds on Instagram Live
As a record-breaking storm flooded the Northeast, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) rode it out by tackling another crisis brewing across the country: She held a fundraiser to stand up for abortion rights in Texas, where a near-total ban went into effect on Wednesday.
The fundraiser, which AOC hosted on Instagram Live, was to benefit the Houston-based Clinic Access Support Network of Texas. “Thank you for fighting for reproductive rights for all of us!” the organization tweeted on Wednesday night.
Ocasio-Cortez also called on her fellow Democrats to protect abortion rights and Roe v. Wade by abolishing the filibuster and expanding the Supreme Court. “This shouldn’t be a difficult decision,” the progressive lawmaker added.
Link to tweet
This isn’t the first time AOC has helped out those suffering in Texas: In February, after winter storms battered the state, she raised $4 million dollars in relief funds for residents. (Meanwhile, Texas senator Ted Cruz fled to Cancún.)
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/aoc-fundraiser-abortion-ban-ida