Political Quotes

“I have had the opportunity now to listen to all of my colleagues as they rightfully come to the floor here to, really, talk about the erosion of women's rights in this country by the far-right extreme. I have to thank Senators Baldwin and Blumenthal and so many of my colleagues--Senator Murray and so many--who have been on the forefront of protecting women's rights and freedoms. Let's not mistake this. This is about women's freedom. That is what this is about. It has been less than a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and it has been a dark time for women in America since then, because, by dismissing 50 years of precedent that protected women's freedom, the Supreme Court emboldened far-right Republicans to go after women's rights in increasingly extreme ways. One of the first things some of these Republican leaders did in Congress after the Dobbs decision was to work on legislation to ban abortion nationwide. Until they can pass that legislation denying States their ability to keep abortion legal, they will continue their attacks on reproductive freedoms and make it as difficult as possible for women to access essential reproductive healthcare. In Texas, Arizona, Wisconsin, and other States with strict abortion bans, doctors who provide women with reproductive care could be prosecuted, heavily fined, or imprisoned--and in some cases, all three.…”