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Residents of the District of Columbia and their supporters rally for statehood near the U.S. Capitol on June 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Report Shows How DC Statehood Would Be Step Toward Racial and Gender Justice
"In this moment of racial reckoning, in the midst of a burgeoning movement to protect the fundamental right to vote, it should not escape notice that the nation's worst violation of civil rights falls heaviest on Black women."
"Lack of D.C. statehood creates healthcare disparities--worsening the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, denying residents reproductive freedom, and creating real harm."
--Dr. Laura Meyers, Planned Parenthood
\u201cWyoming\nPopulation: 578,759\n\nVermont\nPopulation: 623,989\n\nWashington, DC\nPopulation: 692,638\n\nThree of these groups pay taxes. ONE of these groups has zero representation in Congress.\n\n#DCStatehood\u201d— Patriotic Millionaires (@Patriotic Millionaires) 1624374030
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"Lack of D.C. statehood creates healthcare disparities--worsening the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, denying residents reproductive freedom, and creating real harm."
--Dr. Laura Meyers, Planned Parenthood
\u201cWyoming\nPopulation: 578,759\n\nVermont\nPopulation: 623,989\n\nWashington, DC\nPopulation: 692,638\n\nThree of these groups pay taxes. ONE of these groups has zero representation in Congress.\n\n#DCStatehood\u201d— Patriotic Millionaires (@Patriotic Millionaires) 1624374030
"Lack of D.C. statehood creates healthcare disparities--worsening the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, denying residents reproductive freedom, and creating real harm."
--Dr. Laura Meyers, Planned Parenthood
\u201cWyoming\nPopulation: 578,759\n\nVermont\nPopulation: 623,989\n\nWashington, DC\nPopulation: 692,638\n\nThree of these groups pay taxes. ONE of these groups has zero representation in Congress.\n\n#DCStatehood\u201d— Patriotic Millionaires (@Patriotic Millionaires) 1624374030