Rarely in the history of the United States has the Supreme Court issued a ruling that takes rights away from our citizens. Today’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is a devastating blow to the fundamental rights to abortion, privacy, bodily autonomy, and healthcare. Further, it is clear that a Supreme Court, made up of individuals who are motivated to impose their personal agendas on the American people and to legislate from the bench, requires systems to hold justices accountable. A Supreme Court that has lost the trust of the people cannot function as a democratic guardrail. 

The Court has failed us today and we must act with urgency to restore the protections of Roe and codify the right to privacy through federal legislation and to finally underpin the protections that are a hallmark of freedom. The government has no place in a person’s decision to terminate or carry a pregnancy to term.

Three of nine sitting Supreme Court Justices were appointed by a President who is under active investigation for an attempt to overthrow our government–a threat that continues to this day–and a Senate Majority Leader who broke faith with the American people to manipulate the confirmation process. America is not a country to be ruled by kings, unaccountable and untouchable, but by public servants, who work in the interest of all the people.

When I am in the U.S. Senate, I will fight to end the filibuster that enables a minority of politicians to hold sway over the lives of all Americans. I will fight to codify Roe into Federal law and ensure that an individual, not the government, holds the power to choose. I will vote to expand and rebalance the Supreme Court and to ensure that those entrusted with such great power can never again avoid accountability as they take away our fundamental freedoms.

Until then, I stand with those who are doing the work, including Pro-Choice Missouri, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, and the thousands of volunteers across Missouri and this country who stand up every day for what is right.

This is our country. We must never allow rights that countless citizens fought to be taken away. When Missouri sends me to Washington, we will take back that which is rightfully ours and restore the will of the people.

Please see my video response at this link, and if there is anything I can do to support you during this time, please let me know.