I just presided over the Women`s Health Protective Act vote and sadly, the Senate failed to stand in defense of a woman`s right to make decisions about her own body. And let`s be clear, the majority of the American people believe in…
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The Senate failed to stand in defense of a woman`s right to make decisions about her own body. This vote clearly suggests that the Senate is not where the majority of Americans on this issue. It also makes clear that a priority for all who…
This vote clearly suggests that the Senate is not where the majority of Americans are on this issue. It also makes clear that a priority for all who care about this issue, a priority should be to elect pro-choice leaders at the local, the…
The chief election officer in the state has a responsibility to ensure, no matter where someone lives or who they vote for or what the results of the election are, that they stand, that the will of the people is protected.
Some basic, uniform election requirements for access for every state and every county across the country, I think would go a long way.
The misinformation and disinformation, the allegations of voter fraud that is widespread, when in reality, it is rare.
It is really about access to resources, to Federal government resources to test those systems to make sure that those systems are not vulnerable.
Voters get confused, and they see, hey, like lots of voters in Florida vote by mail. How do they have the results at 10:00 p.m. on election night?
How dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body.
One of the right to privacy is attacked. Anyone in our country may face a future where the government can interfere with their personal decisions. Not just women. Anyone.
Those who attacked Roe have been clear. They want to ban abortion in every state. They want to bully anyone who seeks or provides reproductive health care. And they want to criminalize and punish women for making these decisions.
If the court overturns Roe v Wade, it will be a direct assault on freedom, on the fundamental rights of self-determination to which all Americans are entitled.
Women`s rights in America are under attack. Those Republican leaders who are trying to weaponize the use of the law against women, well, we say, how dare they? How dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body?
How dare they? How dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body?
You know, some Republican leaders, they want to take us back to a time before Roe v. Wade, back to a time before Obergefell v. Hodges, back to a time before Griswold v. Connecticut. But we`re not going back. We are not going back.
When Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States commits not to conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile testing, she called on other nations to make similar commitments and to work together in…
Our goal is to help get the Ukrainians the capability that they need most right now in the Donbas and in the South.
I want to thank you for your strong leadership toward our shared goal of helping Ukraine defend itself and supporting NATO.
It's time for every woman in America to fight for -- with everything that they have to push back against what may be coming if this draft opinion ends up actually being the actual opinion of the Supreme Court later on this year.
Women`s rights in America are under attack. Roe v. Wade has protected a woman`s right... If the court overturns Roe v. Wade, it will be a direct assault on freedom, on the fundamental rights of self-determination, to which all Americans…
When she’s says we’re not going back, being really forceful with that, but really just tying this potential decision directly to the erosion of democracy, in addition to a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body.
Democracies cannot be strong if the rights of women are under attack.
