For 50 years, women across the country have relied on Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections to secure the right to make their own decisions about their health and their bodies. The leaked opinion shows that the Supreme Court is poised to destroy this right and freedom – sending our country down the wrong path.
If our highest court won’t protect reproductive freedom, then we need Congress to step in and codify our right to privacy and choice – just as we have done in Washington state. But Wednesday’s failure to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act proves that the GOP wants a ban on abortion.
This draft Supreme Court opinion is a threat to our constitutional right to privacy and the reproductive rights of millions of Americans. And this creates a dangerous new precedent for our nation: conservative Supreme Court nominees can testify that Roe is settled law, only to vote to strike it down.
Here’s the truth: Republicans want a total ban on abortion. Senate Republicans have stacked the Court with conservative judges and obstructed our progress in state capitols across the nation.
We cannot let them win. We cannot return to before Roe. We cannot leave women without the right to make decisions about their own bodies. We are going to fight.
