guaranteed that a woman confronted with unplanned pregnancy could, within reasonable limits, make their own decision about whether to bear or child, with all the life transforming consequences that that act involves. and in the safeguarding each woman s reproductive freedom, the constitutional protective the ability of a woman to participate equally in this nation s economic and social life. but no longer, and quote. in a decision that is no less devastating, because we knew it was coming. the supreme court today decided that bodily autonomy is now a privilege, given only to men. a conservative majority overturned roe versus wade and casey versus planned parenthood. they ruled that we were constitutional right to abortion isn t protected by the constitution, after all. quote, we hold that roe and casey must be overruled. the constitution makes no reference to abortion and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, and quote. 5 to 4. the conserv
provision, and quote. 5 to 4. the conservative justices were led by alito, and a majority opinion that little power remarkably like the draft that was leaked in may. with a few exceptions that made it even worth. and a concurring opinion, thomas wrote the, following chilling sentence. quote, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this course substantive due process presidents, including griswold contraception, lawrence, which declared anti saudi laws unconstitutional and obergefell, which affirmed a right to same sex marriage. by this reasoning, all your privacy rights are at risk. every single one. the slippery slope can lead to shear and the conservative just a really good shove down the ditch. the media question now is how this decision today impacts the hundred and 68 million people in this country, whose universes is another subject of whims
but, as you pointed out, it actually sweeps in transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary people. anyone who can become pregnant a swept into this forced birth policy and it s truly dangerous. laphonza, you re the head of emily s list, and you are charges to identify, mobilized and elect pro-choice women. what do you say right now, at this moment? we knew this was coming, but it s far more devastating than most people realized. it is devastating, maria. thank you for having me. you know, i appreciate the words of the dissenters. i think they articulate so much of the anguish of women all over this country. i take my call to action and proud to stand as the president of emily s list, as i look at the words of the majority. justice alito and i quote, says, it s not that women are
gun, you re good, but if you re neither of those things, good luck. we re all in trouble. it goes to what you ve been talking about here, and what amy was just talking about. there are all these other rights that are underpinned by the same legal principles, that underpin roe and casey. all of those things are now at risk, regardless of what alito says or will john roberts as. john roberts is the king of public relations. he want to do bad things, he just doesn t want to anybody to notice. he wants to minimize what he thinks is going on, which is why he came up with this ridiculous compromise for keeping this mississippi law in place. it does harm to people. this court is doing harm to people. they are not ever going to stop. again, this is like the zenith of their right-wing project, to overturn roe v. wade. who knows what s next beyond a contraception and same-sex relation ships. they can go after brown next. it really does raise some
without electoral or political power. in this moment, i called i want to speak to the women in this country, who know that we are not second class citizens, who know that we are capable of making decisions about our own bodies, who are intent on passing those freedoms to our children, to our own daughters. let s meet justice alito at his word, let s show him our electoral and political power. let s show up at the ballot box in november, sending representatives, who will represent, not only our voice, but our values. i want to quote, because i think you re absolutely right, i think that a moment in america where we are at the crossroads of who do we want to be? do we want to go back in the past or actually provide our children with opportunity, so they can create the best version of themselves. i asked this i m going to read from the speech these laws are so stream that doctors will be criminalized