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Wilbanks, Megan
From:Stephanie Jennings <stephanie.jennings25@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, July 4, 2022
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Public Comment in Support of Item #5G for 7/5/2022 City Council Meeting
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I am in support of item #5G - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, Affirming Support
of Reproductive Freedom. The decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade has left many
Americans including myself in a state of shock and disbelief. For the United States to turn their back on pregnant
persons when they need the most help and support is not only cruel, it is unjust. There are a myriad of reasons for why a
person might need an abortion, and government interference is simply not warranted in these very private health care
decisions. The City must make the commitment to oppose any law or regulation that poses a threat to our reproductive
freedom. While California has continuously supported a person's right to make reproductive health decisions included to
have an abortion, it is important that the City I live in does the same. The City of San Luis Obispo needs to affirm that
every individual has the right to privacy when it comes to making their own reproductive health choices. In voting for
this resolution, the City Council will show its constituents that they proudly support reproductive freedom and will fight
against any attempts to regulate it. I am a young professional working in the City of San Luis Obispo. I know that if I were
to become pregnant, I would choose abortion. I have $20k in student loans from going to college, and my partner and I
(who both work salary jobs) can barely afford a one-bedroom apartment here in SLO. I would not be in the position to
care for a child financially in the near future. I would also not bear a child into the world when there are already so many
children in the adoption/foster care system who desperately need homes. No one should be denied life saving
reproductive health care. Vote in favor of Item 5G to show that the City of San Luis Obispo is committed to protecting a
person's reproductive health care decisions.
Best,
Stephanie Jennings
Stephanie Jennings
Pronouns: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs
University of California, Davis 2020
B.A. Political Science - Public Service
B.A. Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
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