Thread by @ReproRights

HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform is holding a hearing on the urgent need to protect and expand abortion rights and access.

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“The right to abortion is rendered meaningless without access.” —@RepMaloney

"Let me be very clear, access to abortion is a freedom that is essential to Americans' ability to control their own bodies and decide their own future.” —@RepMaloney

#AbortionIsEssential

“These misguided bans will not actually prevent all abortions. They simply put safe and necessary abortion care out of reach for...our lowest-income sisters, our queer, trans, and nonbinary siblings, Black, Latinx, AAPI immigrants, disabled, and indigenous folks. —@AyannaPressley

"The Senate and the White House must act swiftly to pass [the Women's Health Protection Act] and sign it into law." —@AyannaPressley

#WHPA #ActForAbortionAccess

"It has been 30 days since the Texas law went into effect. Each day that goes by without Congressional action more and more people are denied their constitutional right to critical abortion care.” —@AyannaPressley

#WHPA #ActForAbortionAccess

"Today, I am testifying before you because I want you to know there are so many different situations that people face in making these choices….it is simply no one’s business what choices we as pregnant people make about our bodies." —@RepJayapal

“To all the Black women and girls who have had abortions and will have abortions. We have nothing to be ashamed of. We live in a society that has failed to legislate love and justice for us. We deserve better. We demand better. We are worthy of better." —@RepCori

"The Hyde Amendment from its inception was racist and discriminatory and aimed at people with low incomes and people of color. I’m proud to be the lead co-sponsor of the EACH Act." — @RepBarbaraLee

#BeBoldEndHyde

Thank you @RepBarbaraLee, @RepJayapal and @RepCori for sharing your abortion stories. ❤️ We applaud your leadership in urging Congress to #ActForAbortionAccess.

"Today marks the 30th day that people in Texas have woken up with fewer constitutional rights than the rest of the country." —@ProfMMurray

“People have firmly supported the fundamental right to abortion for decades and have relied on Roe’s protections in their lives. If the Court tugs at the threads that undergird Roe the impact would not be limited to abortion rights...” —@ProfMMurray

“...This legal unraveling would implicate a range of rights that, like Roe, rest on constitutional protections for liberty and equality—the right to marry the person of one’s choice, the right of parents to raise their children in the manner of their choosing." —@ProfMMurray

"#SB8...has made it extremely dangerous to be pregnant in Texas where our maternal morbidity and mortality rate is already unconscionably high especially for Black women and pregnant people of color. Texas deserves better." —@dr_moayedi

#TXDeservesBetter #BansOffOurBodies

"We need you to not forget about us. The people in Texas and other restrictive states who are trying our best to care for ourselves, for our families, and our communities amidst efforts to completely control our bodies and lives.” —@dr_moayedi

#BansOffOurBodies

“Before #SB8 officially became the law things were already dismal, but now they have become a nightmare. Abortion funds have been working around the clock to help people access abortions with funding assistance, travel support, and more. —@AbortionStories storyteller Maleeha Aziz

“Members of Congress I sit here before you today to ask you to show up for those of us that have had abortions and provide abortions…As we say at We Testify, everyone loves someone who has had an abortion.” —Maleeha Aziz, @AbortionStories storyteller & @TEAFund organizer

"For Black women, Latina women, Indigenous women, disabled people, people who are already marginalized & underserved by the existing health care system, they will find their lives made worse, they will find that they have fewer options,” —@LorettaJRoss, @SisterSong_WOC Co-founder

“Abortion is health care and every person deserves equitable and fair access to an abortion.” —Maleeha Aziz, @AbortionStories storyteller & @TEAFund organizer

#AbortionIsEssential

“What we really need to focus on is how people are not able to access care, people in rural communities especially, but people are not ale to access care that they deserve because of #SB8.” —Maleeha Aziz, @AbortionStories storyteller & @TEAFund organizer

#AbortionIsEssential

"Abortions bans including coverage bans like the Hyde Amendment keep abortion out of reach for millions, particularly low-income, Black, Indigenous, communities of color, who already face systemic barriers to health care.” – Rep @AyannaPressley
#BeBoldEndHyde