Lives have been disrupted, life-saving healthcare has been declared illegal, and women have been denied their fundamental liberties.

According to the Center for Disease Control, abortions after 21 weeks make up less than 1 percent of all abortions in the United States.

From the moment Roe was overruled, women and medical professionals were thrust into a sea of confusion and fear.

Senator Durbin, in the State of Mississippi, a Black woman is 118 times more likely to die by carrying a pregnancy to term than by having an abortion.

And women across the country warned us that overturning Roe v. Wade would insert politicians and judges into the most personal decision imaginable.

the deadliest nation in the industrialized or developed world to be pregnant.

I trust women to make these decisions, not politicians or judges or Senators.

When a woman's health or life is in danger, that becomes part of the conver--it should be more of the conversation than it is in our national discourse.

Legal experts warned us it would establish a dangerous precedent in which unelected judges can deny fundamental freedoms.

Well, I'm going to conclude, if I might, as Chair, and just say the reason we are at this moment in history is because the Dobbs decision decided we were going to redefine, State by State, the access to abortion and define the legal and…

I don't want Justices making scientific decisions unless they have that education expertise.

We're better than that as a Nation than to let this disintegrate into this reality.

The Republican Party is on the wrong side of history by a long shot.

It's the leading cause of death, gun violence, the leading cause of death of young people under the age of 21 in America.

There's no question in my mind that the Supreme Court has exempted itself from the standards that apply to the executive and legislative branch, and even to other judges.

I think that's the first step that ought to be taken with the Supreme Court itself, with its leader, the chief justice. Make it clear that they are going to bring reform when it comes to ethics to the court and spell out what they're going…

I think his schedule reflects an active person, mentally and physically, who is engaging with the American people on a regular basis.

Don't default. Avoid default.