Amy Klobuchar: “I rise today, on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to shred nearly five decades of precedent…”

“I rise today, on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to shred nearly five decades of precedent protecting a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, to say that now is the time to protect freedom. I appreciated the words of Senator Hassan from the State of New Hampshire, a State grounded in freedom, for her focus on freedom. I also thank Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester for bringing us together today. In the 3 years since the Supreme Court went against the 70 percent of Americans who believe that healthcare decisions should be made by a woman, with her family and her doctor, instead of by politicians, women have been at the mercy of a patchwork of State laws that are creating chaos when it comes to accessing reproductive healthcare. Today, 20 States partially or fully ban abortion, affecting more than 31 million women across the country. I ask why women in Minnesota should have different rights--different fundamental rights--than women in Texas, why a woman in Oregon should have different rights than a woman in Georgia. Women are also being forced away from emergency rooms and left to travel hundreds of miles for healthcare, and doctors are being threatened with prosecution for just doing their jobs. In Texas, a pregnant teenager died after being denied care at three different hospitals.”