Today, Congressional Democrats are taking action in the Courts as we stand with the American people and the law in defense of this truth: every woman, everywhere, has the constitutional right to basic reproductive health care.
Mississippi’s draconian abortion ban – one in a heartbreaking and nationwide assault against women’s freedoms – is unconstitutional. As the brief makes clear, the constitutional right to an abortion has been resoundingly affirmed: in Roe v. Wade & in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Revisiting or undermining Roe presents a threat to equality and justice in America, as the Mississippi ban particularly targets women of color & women from low-income communities & would ‘perpetuate the structural racial and socioeconomic inequities that persist in our society.’
When SCOTUS takes up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, @HouseDemocrats urge it to respect the law, precedent & the rights of women by upholding Roe v. Wade & fully striking down the Mississippi ban. Read my full statement here: speaker.gov/newsroom/92021…
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