Texas Congressional Candidate Jessica Cisneros Isn't Done Fighting for Abortion Rights

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It’s difficult to read much about S.B. 8 without feeling despondent. The new bill bans abortion in Texas after six weeks (before many people even know they’re pregnant) and incentivizes private citizens to collect a $10,000 bounty for turning in anyone who may have helped a pregnant person access abortion care. Luckily, even the direst of political circumstances can be fought by those who refuse to accept a harmful and dehumanizing status quo; one such figure is Jessica Cisneros, a 28-year-old human rights and immigration attorney currently running for Congress in Texas’s 28th District (which includes Converse, Laredo, Rio Grande City, and Universal City.)

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Recently, Vogue spoke to Cisneros about S.B. 8 and the outsized effect it would have on her potential constituents; how people from all over can help support pregnant people in Texas in their search for reproductive care; why she supports “Medicare for all”; and what she does to maintain some semblance of calm in the face of ceaseless attacks on reproductive rights in her home state; read the full interview below.

Vogue: When do you first remember hearing about S.B. 8?

Jessica Cisneros: I can’t remember specifically, but it must have been around when it had its first hearing in the Texas legislature. Some of my friends are involved in reproductive-justice work, so I knew pretty early on what the dangers of this bill were. Ultimately, it was all about keeping track of when it was set to become law and about the emotional toll that it took on reproductive-justice advocates.

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https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-cisneros-texas-congress-abortion-ban

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1. I am supporting Henry over the Justice Democrat caniddate

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2. This leaves me cold.

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3. I am NOT a fan of the Justice Democrat group or their affiliates such as sunrise and BNC

I have been following the Justice Democrats and its predecessor for a while including the "brand new congress group" and other groups created by Cenk, Kyle Kulinksi and their ilk. I am on the Justice Democrat email list and I have even listened once or twice to the Justice Democrat podcast which is amusingly called "Just Us" democrats. The Justice Democrats emails are fun to laugh at and I love the hatred this group shows to the Democratic Party, establishment Democrats and best of all corporate democrats. The posts attacking the DCCC for raising money to elect real Democrats are really amusing.

I have been following number of posters on twitter who dislike the Justice Democrats including the poster in question. There are a large number posters on twitter who have issues with the concept of the Justice Democrat group wanting to take over the Democratic party and remake into their image. It seems that this poster is a regular democrat who does not want the Democratic Party to be taken over by the Justice Democrat group.

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This poster is not the only person who has issues with the concept that the Justice Democrats want to take over the Democratic Party

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Again the above posts are consistent with the hatred of the Democratic Party that I see on the almost daily emails that I get from the Justice Democrats.

If you want to learn more about the Justice Democrats just enter "Just Us Democrats" in the search function of twitter.