Political Quotes

“when the extreme far-right Supreme Court overturned Roe, my Republican colleagues lauded this horrendous decision, claiming that a woman's right to an abortion should be left to the States. But now they are admitting what we knew all along: that this was never about States' rights. This has always been about Republicans using their power to control women and our bodily autonomy. Despite the fact that the vast majority of the American public supports reproductive freedom and despite the fact that voters across the country are overwhelmingly voting to protect this freedom, Republicans are pandering--I think that is a really good word, apt word--pandering--to the extreme MAGA base and have now introduced a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks. Why 15 weeks, you ask? Because that is what the senior Senator from South Carolina who introduced this legislation said he would ``feel comfortable at.'' So we now have a Republican Senator attempting to restrict the bodily autonomy of women across the country because that is what he feels comfortable at. It is not enough that the overturning of Roe has created fear and confusion all across the country. We now have the introduction of a nationwide abortion ban further adding to the chaos. This is not some sort of hypothetical debate or ``hysteria,'' as some of my Republican colleagues have claimed. If Republicans take control of the Senate, we now know what they will do.…”