Political Quotes

“in the months since the conservative majority on the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, the assault on reproductive rights by anti-choice, MAGA Republicans has been relentless. Anti-choice States across the country have already enacted strict and rigid abortion bans that strip our rights away, threaten to jail women and their doctors, and put women's health at risk. And just as we have always known, this threat is not just at the State level. Last week, legislation was introduced in this very Chamber that would enact a national abortion ban, one that would strip women of the fundamental right to control their own bodies. This abortion ban--and that is exactly what it is, a nationwide abortion ban--poses a real and serious threat to the rights of women across this country. This is a dangerous nationwide government mandate that would threaten women and their doctors--threaten them--with jail time, including those in my State of Nevada. Pro-choice States like Nevada, where the people voted overwhelmingly to protect reproductive freedoms as part of State law, would be forced--forced--to abide by this Federal mandate. Because Federal law supersedes State law, this legislation would override the will of Nevadans and the freedom--the freedom--that they have had for decades.…”