and it s because eight days ago our country received a terrible wake-up call, a leaked draft opinion from the supreme court of the united states indicated that a majority of five justices may be on the verge of overturning the constitutional protections of reproductive freedom set forth in roe v. wade we don t know if this draft opinion will be the final decision, but we do know there s a very high chance that the supreme court of the united states will soon blow up 50 years of precedent and strip women of their constitutional right to make choices about their own bodies. and their own self-determination. and while the content of this opinion is shocking, it s not totally surprising. this is the premeditated outcome of years years of plotting and planning by the right wing legal movement and the republican party. candidate donald trump promised the nation he would handpick justices who would overturn roe v. wade. on the campaign trail, he even claimed that roe would be ov
We are holding todays hearing at a moment when women across america are feeling sorrow, anger, and disbelief. 19 days ago a rightwing majority on the Supreme Court fulfilled the Republican Guard partys decades long goal of overturning roe v. Wade and stripped away a constitutional right relied on by generations of american women. The goal of these rightwing extremists is clear, to control the bodies of women, girls, and any person who can become pregnant. To be even more clear, the Dobbs Decision means the government can now order people to stay pregnant, on pain of criminal punishment. Many of us have been warning about this day four years as states have steadily chipped away at the right to abortion. In 2019, my first hearing as chair of this committee, we examine how draconian restrictions in states like missouri were closing down abortion providers. Last year we held a hearing on the sixweek abortion ban in texas, which turns private citizens into Bounty Hunters, encouraging them t
Anger, and disbelief. 19 days ago a rightwing majority on the Supreme Court fulfilled the Republican Guard partys decades long goal of overturning roe v. Wade and stripped away a constitutional right relied on by generations of american women. The goal of these rightwing extremists is clear, to control the bodies of women, girls, and any person who can become pregnant. To be even more clear, the Dobbs Decision means the government can now order people to stay pregnant, on pain of criminal punishment. Many of us have been warning about this day four years as states have steadily chipped away at the right to abortion. In 2019, my first hearing as chair of this committee, we examine how draconian restrictions in states like missouri were closing down abortion providers. Last year we held a hearing on the sixweek abortion ban in texas, which turns private citizens into Bounty Hunters, encouraging them to sue anyone they suspect of having someone in need of an abortion. Now, the Supreme Cou