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What a morning! We just wrapped up a presidential forum focusing on the integrity of our federal judiciary, #OurRightsOurCourts.

Proud to have had our Pres. & CEO, Nancy Northup deliver keynote remarks to kick off 4+ hours of thoughtful and inspiring discussion about our courts.
Thank you to our partners, @WeDemandJustice, @NARAL, and @AllAboveAllAct for organizing #OurRightsOurCourts with us and to these presidential candidates for participating!

@PeteButtigieg
@BernieSanders
@ewarren
@AndrewYang
@amyklobuchar
@MichaelBennet
@DevalPatrick
@TomSteyer
We depend on the courts to protect our values, our rights, and our liberties. We need fair minded judges from all walks of life committed to upholding the Constitution and securing equal justice for all.

That's what we're fighting for today and everyday. #OurRightsOurCourts
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Just two candidates left... now taking the stage at #OurRightsOurCourts, @ewarren!!

Tune in NOW: facebook.com/reproductiveri…
@ewarren .@ewarren says courts are moving in the direction of protecting a "corporate minority" instead of individual rights.

"They have become a core part of tilting our country and our laws in a direction ... that helps those at the top and undercuts everyone else. #OurRightsOurCourts
@ewarren "We need a court system that is independent of our political system." - @ewarren #OurRightsOurCourts

This is especially important to the work that we do at the Center. If courts do not adhere to the rule of law, it hinders our ability to protect and expand #reprorights.
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.@amyklobuchar is the next presidential candidate to take the stage at #OurRightsOurCourts!

We're more than halfway through our candidate interviews now, but we still have 30 minutes with Senator Klobuchar, @ewarren and @DevalPatrick.

Tune in: facebook.com/reproductiveri…
@amyklobuchar @ewarren @DevalPatrick .@amyklobuchar promises to "appoint good judges who respect the law." #OurRightsOurCourts

Our Supreme Court case is, at its core, a matter of respecting the law and legal precedent. We are challenging a law that is IDENTICAL to one declared unconstitutional by #SCOTUS in 2016.
@amyklobuchar @ewarren @DevalPatrick When asked about what she would do to ensure affordable or free contraception for those who need it, @amyklobuchar responds:

1. Fund @PPFA
2. Make it known that 1 in 5 Americans get their health care from places like Planned Parenthood at some point in their lifetime.
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As we head into the third hour of #OurRightsOurCourts, another presidential candidate is taking the stage. Welcome, @MichaelBennet!
@MichaelBennet "We now have judges who are getting lifetime appointments who will not say whether Brown vs. Board of Education is settled law." - @MichaelBennet

The integrity of our federal judiciary has never been more precarious. We need a plan to protect #OurRightsOurCourts
@MichaelBennet "Just like I don't think there's any compromise on the science on climate change, I don't think there's any compromise ... in terms of women's access to reproductive health & #reprorights."

@MichaelBennet closes by stressing:

"Our democracy is at risk." #OurRightsOurCourts
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.@BernieSanders just took the stage at #OurRightsOurCourts! Don't miss this!
"These are unprecedentedly difficult times for our country in so many ways and I know that many people in this room have spent their lives struggling to make certain that in America it is women who have the right to control their bodies, not the gov't." - @BernieSanders
"I will never nominate anybody to #SCOTUS or any federal court who is not 100% pro Roe v. Wade. As president we will move aggressively to codify Roe v. Wade." - @BernieSanders

IMPORTANT: Codifying #Roe is exactly what the Women's Health Protection Act would do! #ActForWomen
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The third candidate of the #OurRightsOurCourts presidential forum is now taking the stage. Welcome, @TomSteyer!

"The right to abortion is part of health. It should be paid for because it should not just be the exclusive domain of rich women."
@TomSteyer "We have got to fight to protect people in the United States including the right of a woman to protect her body." - @TomSteyer #OurRightsOurCourts
@TomSteyer Just wrapped up with @TomSteyer at #OurRightsOurCourts! It's been an incredible morning. Looking forward to hearing from these remaining candidates very soon:

@ewarren
@BernieSanders
@amyklobuchar
@MichaelBennet
@DevalPatrick

Meanwhile, @NARAL's @ilyseh takes the stage!
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At the #OurRightsOurCourts forum in Concord, NH. @SRuhle just finished taking to @PeteButtigieg on his plan to expand SCOTUS and his views on late-term abortion, @AndrewYang now up discussing his support for term limits on justices.
@SRuhle @PeteButtigieg @AndrewYang "The fact it's nine [justices] right now is frankly just a coincidence," Yang says, discussing expansion of court. Cont'd: "If you had 15, 17 and they were rotating regularly, then if they stepped down it would not be such a political war that breaks out."
@SRuhle @PeteButtigieg @AndrewYang Yang says he'd take exec action to "try to get funding into reproductive centers and Planned Parenthood centers" to ensure access to abortion services if Roe v. Wade were overturned or rolled back
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.@PeteButtigieg takes the stage at #OurRightsOurCourts!

"Government ought to stay out of the business of dictating to women what their reproductive health care choices ought to be."
@PeteButtigieg .@PeteButtigieg calls for federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and #BeBoldEndHyde to protect against statewide attacks on abortion access.

"I trust women to make the best decisions for themselves."
@PeteButtigieg In his closing remarks, @PeteButtigieg leaves the stage saying that despite the recent attacks on our rights, he looks forward to a bright future and that:

"I am filled with hope."

#OurRightsOurCourts
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Our President and CEO, Nancy Northup, take the stage at #OurRightsOurCourts

"For people who can be pregnant, being able to control your fertility is critical to your health, your rights, your dignity, your future."

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"There's so much politics, there's so much smoke, there's so much controversy around reproductive rights, that we often forget what is the fundamental reason, what are the fundamental facts about why it is so important to be able to control our fertility." #OurRightsOurCourts
"How we raise our children, whether we have children, who we choose to marry, all of these are the personal liberty. and thats what's at stake when we think about our federal courts." - President and CEO, Nancy Northup #OurRightsOurCourts
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This year the Supreme Court is going to decide cases that will impact everything from the future of LGBTQ rights to gun violence prevention laws.

Excited to hear candidates discuss plans at the first ever #OurRightsOurCourts forum today. Courts matter. Tune in! Image
The #OurRightsOurCourts forum is getting started now. Follow along for updates, and watch live at link below.

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Pete Buttigieg: “Most Americans, even in conservative states, fundamentally believe that democracy is about ensuring every person has a right to vote.”

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