The Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade today is a shameful and dangerous assault on women, other child-bearing people, and families at a sweeping scale. You can read NNU’s full statement on today’s decision here.
This decision is part of a coordinated right wing effort to undo hard-won human and civil rights in the United States and to control working people by removing their power and bodily autonomy. This decision goes against the beliefs and values of the vast majority of people in the United States and is an attack on democracy itself.
This denial of health care will most violently harm and deepen existing inequalities for low-income people and people who already suffer from lack of and inadequate health care, such as Black, Latinx, and immigrant women. Today’s decision is an all-out attack on working people, and we must fight back immediately to restore this basic right.
Nurses will not tolerate these assaults. We will continue to act in solidarity with our coworkers, our patients, and our communities to defend the human rights that workers have fought for and won over centuries of struggle in the United States.
Together, we will continue our relentless fight for social, political, and economic justice by working to create an equitable and high-quality health care system.
We know that under Medicare for All, the cost of abortion care would be covered. Medicare for All legislation in the House and Senate as written would prohibit the Hyde Amendment, which restricts federal funds from being spent on abortion, from applying to Medicare for All funds. Passing Medicare for All would allow abortion to be included as part of guaranteed, comprehensive health care for all people under the program.
However, we must be clear -- the Supreme Court’s decision today to overturn Roe vs. Wade, which will trigger abortion bans in over a dozen states, would still hold under Medicare for All. Even if we were to pass Medicare for All, the coverage of abortion care may not matter in states where it is illegal unless clear federal statutory protections for abortion care are also passed.
As we fight back against these attacks, we must also continue the work to realize our vision for a just, equitable future – one where where abortion care is not only legal, but the cost is covered and guaranteed under Medicare for All.
There is only one choice for us: to join in community and to take collective action to secure the future we all deserve.
In solidarity,
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All
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