Gabby Giffords

Oct 24, 2024 | newsweek.com | Gabby Giffords

CLOSE X By Gabby Giffords Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! America is at a crossroads yet again, and on Nov. 5 voters will decide the most important election of our lives. You've heard this statement before. Maybe you've heard it too many times, for too many different elections. So, what makes this November different? One thing stands out to me, above the rest—it's clearer than ever that our basic, fundamental freedoms as Americans are on the line. Our freedom to choose what we do with our bodies.

Jun 20, 2024 | people.com | Mark Kelly |Gabby Giffords

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords and Sen. Mark Kelly at a November 2022 political event. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Our lives changed forever on January 8th, 2011, when a gunman opened fire at a "Congress on Your Corner" event in Tucson. Six lives were lost, many more were injured, and Gabby was shot in the head.

Nov 7, 2023 | teenvogue.com | Gabby Giffords

Until 1871, it was a man’s legal right in every state in the country to beat his wife. Now, in 2023, the safety of women is in the hands of our judicial system. On Tuesday, November 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a challenge to a decision issued by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Oct 6, 2023 | nydailynews.com | Gabby Giffords

On Jan. 8, 2011, I was shot in the head while meeting with constituents in Tucson, Ariz. The gunman killed six people. Twelve others were shot and survived. I had to relearn how to walk and how to talk. My experience, and the experiences of survivors I’ve worked with, has reiterated the importance of centering survivors and their healing in gun violence prevention work. New York has been a leader in gun violence prevention.

Aug 29, 2023 | richmond.com | Gabby Giffords

Virginia is no stranger to the trauma of gun violence. It was more than 15 years ago that we all watched in horror the mass shooting at Virginia Tech, and mass shootings have continued since. Just last year before Thanksgiving, there was a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, leaving empty seats at people's dinner tables and in their homes during the winter holidays.