Last Friday was a sad day, friend.

The Republican-controlled Supreme Court has confirmed their cruel decision: Roe v. Wade is now officially overturned, eliminating the constitutional right to safe and legal abortion. Let me be clear; this is a direct assault on women’s rights and an attack on the majority of Americans who believe in reproductive freedom.

I am deeply heartbroken and angered by the gravity of today’s decision. The consequences of this ruling cannot be understated – eliminating access to safe, legal abortion will exacerbate existing inequalities in communities of color, low-income populations, and all marginalized groups already facing obstacles to obtaining reproductive care.

We need to act now. Congress must protect access to reproductive care nationwide by codifying the rights granted by Roe into law. To do this, we need to keep the Democratic majority in Congress. With this Court’s partisan ruling, a Democratic Congress is the only way we can prevent the GOP from furthering their plan to criminalize abortion and eliminate access to contraception nationwide.

In California, we are committed to keeping abortions safe, legal, and accessible. But more than 36 million Americans across this country live in Republican-controlled states where trigger laws related to the Supreme Court’s ruling will soon make abortion completely illegal. That is why it is so important that Democrats in Congress are able to put a federal law in place that protects a woman’s right to make her own decisions over her own body.

I promise to continue fighting on behalf of women everywhere, to protect their right to choose, and access to safe and legal abortions.

In solidarity,
Doris Matsui

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