John,
Two years ago, our conservative-stacked Supreme Court made the reckless decision of overturning Roe vs. Wade.
In Arizona and across our country, we’ve seen the real-world consequences of this decision.
If anti-choice Republicans had their way, Arizonans would be living under an 1864 abortion ban, criminalizing patients, along with their doctors, for providing abortion care.
We cannot and will not accept this as our new normal.
In 2019, I saw the true consequences of a full abortion ban during a visit to El Salvador as part of a delegation of state legislators. We met with women who had been incarcerated and women who had been prosecuted after experiencing obstetric emergencies, including miscarriages and stillbirths.
Here’s a news story from back then where I spoke about what I saw: