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“Clearly, the 207 Members of Congress who joined this brief care deeply about the health and safety of the American people and the ability of legislators to enact commonsense law that protects women and children from the abuses perpetrated by the abortion industry," —Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life
 
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More than 200 Republican members of Congress urge Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision
(The Washington Post) More than 200 members of Congress — nearly all of them Republicans — on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to reconsider the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, prompting a wave of protests from Democrats and reproductive rights groups.

Members of Congress ask Supreme Court to 'reconsider' landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling
(CNN) Americans United for Life filed two "friend of the court" briefs in the case -- one on the group's own behalf and another on behalf of the members of Congress.The group's government affairs counsel Katie Glenn said that "there is no expectation that this case will overturn Roe v. Wade." However, the court has the opportunity to reconsider the cases that have come before this case and in particular related to the workability of Roe and other precedents," she added.

Terrisa Bukovinac on Pro-Life San Francisco, Planned Parenthood, and direct action
(Life, Liberty, and Law) Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Pro-Life San Francisco, joins Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt to talk about the mission of Pro-Life San Francisco, the present and future of Planned Parenthood and David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress’s court proceedings, and the distinct role that non-violent direct action has served in achieving human rights from Gandhi through Civil Rights through the present.
 

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More than 200 members of Congress ask Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade in latest abortion case
(The Washington Examiner) The 39 Republicans in the Senate and 168 lawmakers in the House, all of them Republicans except for Democrats Dan Lipinski and Collin Peterson, want the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe and Casey. If Roe were to be overturned, then decisions about the legalization of abortion would fall to states, some of whom are already poised to make abortion illegal.

More than 200 lawmakers urge Supreme Court to 'reconsider' Roe v. Wade
(The Hill) It will be the first abortion case taken up by the Supreme Court since President Trump's two nominees — Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — were confirmed to the bench. In the amicus brief filed in support of the state, the lawmakers argued that the abortion clinic in question, June Medical Services, lacks the standing to argue on behalf of its patients. The lawmakers also said abortion clinics, including June Medical, have a long history of health and safety violations.

More Than 200 Republicans Urge Supreme Court to Weigh Overturning Roe v. Wade
(The New York Times) Roughly 80 percent of the Republicans in Congress — 39 senators and 166 House members — and two centrist House Democrats signed the amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief in the case of June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Gee. They also asked the justices to consider overturning another landmark abortion ruling in the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
 
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