- Dozens of large companies have announced that they will cover part or all of the expenses of their employees who need to travel to another state to receive abortion services. Patronize them and thank them. More to the point, seek out local companies that are large enough to do this, and ask them directly to join the movement.
- At least a dozen other states are considering, or have already passed, “safe haven” laws for women who travel to them for medical procedures. Such laws protect the privacy of their travel detail and medical records from government intrusion. Contact your Delaware Senator or Representative and ask them to sponsor such a bill in the General Assembly’s next session.
(By the same token, since we apparently cannot have legalized marijuana yet, ask them to sponsor a bill giving “full faith and credit” and reciprocity to the medical marijuana laws of other states, so that cancer patients passing through Delaware don’t run the risk of being hassled for using their medicine.) - Begin to inform yourself of all the rights that can be called into question by a cascade from this decision, and encourage your legislators to consider amendments to the State Constitution that protect those rights more certainly than a mere addition to the Delaware Code.
A “right to privacy” amendment that addresses more than abortion is more necessary than ever these days. It’s worth noting that the right to privacy in Alaska’s constitution safeguarded people smoking marijuana in their own homes long before the current legalization movement began to get traction.
(Delaware is also one of the few states that only requires one party in a conversation to consent to its recording — which means nobody on the phone with you is required to tell you they are recording the call. These kinds of issues and many others need to be addressed while we are correcting the Supreme Court.) - Begin posting and sharing as widely as possible all information that women in the red states will need to avoid, subvert, and resist state laws that infringe on their rights. We can do that from Delaware with safety, but there are already indications that lawmakers in the midwest are considering trying to criminalize such activities.
If you know ways to safely order Plan B despite State restrictions … share them. If you have solid information about law enforcement looking to use social media or apps to gather date on pregnant women or physicians to target them for intimidation or arrest … share it. - If you are “pro-life” but do not agree that appropriate policy is heavy-handed state laws, there are things you can do as well. Start advocating for accessible, high-quality pre-natal and post-natal care, especially for single women, poor women and/or women of color who may lack the resources to take adequate care of the fetus they are going to be legally required to carry to full term.
Be consistent with your values and argue that child support, tax credits, and other benefits be backdated to the moment of conception. Get out there and help the hundreds of thousands of unwanted kids already in State custody around the nation find families, despite the fact that they are older, have special needs, or may not match the ethnicity of potential parents. In other words, live your values consistently, and take away from abortion rights proponents the ability to criticize you for caring more about the “unborn” than already living, breathing children.
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Welcome to the Non-Partisan Delaware Website
Welcome to the Non-Partisan Delaware Website!
Non-Partisan Delaware is a ballot qualified political organization in Delaware. We are unique from many political organizations in that we do not have a fixed platform or policy goal. Our immediate short term goals are determined each election cycle by the NPD Governing Board through the development of an internal "Strategic Plan" and we focus on achieving those goals through public information activities, lobbying policymakers in coordination with our coalition partners, and supporting candidates for public office.
Our long term goals, officially, can vary over time with the evolving composition of our Governing Board and the nature of the relationships we develop as an organization and as individual members within it. We are working now in these early days to establish a reputation for thoughtfulness and to develop an internal culture—reflected through our short term goals—that emphasizes consent, tolerance, empathy, and equity.
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