| Dear Neighbor, I hope you are well! I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on several happenings in the district as well as Harrisburg.
As always, I hope you find this informative and useful.
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| With the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last Friday, I wanted to share with you my full statement on this Supreme Court ruling.
While expected, I am incredibly appalled to hear the Supreme Court's decision to effectively overturn Roe v. Wade and dissolve any federal protections on access to abortions. With this ruling, millions of women and pregnant persons, now and in the foreseeable future, have lost their ability to decide what is best for them, their families, and their health. Fortunately, Pennsylvania has no state trigger laws and access to abortion will remain legal in the Commonwealth for now.
I remain firm in the belief that the decision to terminate a pregnancy is a private and nuanced medical decision that should be between a pregnant individual, their physician, and those whom they trust to consult. When the state inserts itself in these decisions, creating laws around medical procedures, especially when lawmakers are often not medical professionals, we run the very real risk of creating outcomes that are both detrimental to liberty and risk the health and the lives of the people in this Commonwealth.
The continued attacks on bodily autonomy that we are seeing on all levels of government are devastating to witness but I have hope that we will be able to safeguard these inalienable rights in our state and across the nation. I am committed to advocating and supporting sustained access to abortion in Pennsylvania for all who need or want an abortion.
I stood with my colleagues in the Women's Health Caucus on Monday to reaffirm to you that we will always protect reproductive rights.
I encourage everyone to speak up and stay vocal about an individual's right to access an abortion. Talk with your family, your friends, and even your neighbors about what this decision means to you. These conversations can be difficult and even uncomfortable to have but necessary for our pluralistic democracy.
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