Political Quotes

“Mr. President, 50 years ago this last Sunday, the Supreme Court ruled that reproductive healthcare in America is a constitutionally protected right and that Americans have the freedom to make the most personal decision imaginable: when--and whether--to start a family. The case was called Roe v. Wade. For those who were alive when it was decided, we remember what it meant for millions of Americans: the freedom to make their own reproductive health decisions. Remember, at the time Roe was decided in 1973, our Nation had a long, long way to go in living up to the promise of equal justice under the law. As just one example, women were often required, at that time in history, to ask their husbands for permission to apply for credit cards. In many banks, widowers and divorced women had to bring along a man who would cosign for a credit card. Can you imagine that? Fifty years later, we still have a long way to go, of course, but Roe was a breakthrough. It was a vision of an America that could be looking to the future of opportunity. Well, today, sadly, marks a very different anniversary. You see, it was 7 months ago today when six rightwing, judicial activists on the Supreme Court sent us back in time. Of course, I am referring to the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization--the crowning achievement of the Republican-led, decades- long campaign to overturn Roe and abolish reproductive rights in America.…”