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Dear team,
I wanted you to see my statement on the confirmation of Justice Amy
Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Nancy
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for
Reproductive Rights
Today, in a deeply divided nation while an election is already
underway, the U.S. Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate
Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48. The American
public deserved a comprehensive vetting and full assessment of the
legal views of the person nominated to replace Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg. What the public got was a shamelessly truncated and woefully
partisan process.
Justice Barrett's academic writings, court decisions, and public
advocacy reveal a legal view that the U.S. Constitution does not
protect an individual's personal liberty to make decisions about their
reproductive health. This has incredibly troubling implications for
the Supreme Court's settled jurisprudence that the Fourteenth
Amendment protects the right to access contraception and abortion
care. Counter to her clear and documented record of extreme opposition
to reproductive rights, Justice Barrett testified in her Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing that she would join the Court with no
agenda. Only time will be the judge of that.
Dozens of abortion-rights cases are heading toward the Supreme Court
and one is already there; the state of Mississippi is seeking review
of its 15-week abortion ban, which the Center for Reproductive Rights
successfully blocked in the lower courts as unconstitutional under Roe
v. Wade. Also in the pipeline are other cases we are litigating on
abortion access, contraception, and the ability to make our own health
care decisions. The stakes are too high for us to back down.
We go to court because it matters to people's lives. We
don't bring cases to vindicate abstract legal theories; we bring
cases to ensure that the promise of the Constitution is realized for
everyone. The Supreme Court has long recognized the fundamental truth
that control over reproductive decisions critically impacts "[t]he
ability of women to participate equally in the economic and social
life of the Nation." We see this every day in the way women in the
U.S. live their lives. The overwhelming majority use contraception.
One in four will make the decision to end a pregnancy. Increasingly,
people are turning to assisted reproduction in creating their
families. Millions have already benefited from the Affordable Care
Act, including gaining access to maternal health care, no co-pay
contraception, and coverage for pre-existing conditions. And when
access to reproductive health care is burdened, when clinics are
closed, and when health care is unaffordable, the consequences fall
hardest on Black, Indigenous and people of color, rural communities
and people living in poverty. This is why we go to court.
Daunting challenges are ahead but we are undaunted.
We will fight in the courts. We will push for federal and state
legislation that will remove barriers to accessing reproductive health
care, including the Women's Health Protection Act and the EACH Woman
Act.
What we will not do is give up. Ever.
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