Carolyn Maloney: “Our rights cannot be subjected to the political whims of legislators, judges, or occupants of the White House.”

Personal decisionmaking by women and their doctors should not be replaced by political ideology.

So, in this moment where you, as lawmakers, have been given the green light to take away our power of our most personal decisions, I want to close by asking you this question: Who are you going to be? Will you sit in judgment of people who…

the government can now order people to stay pregnant on pain of criminal punishment.

This devastating decision is taking away a fundamental right that we felt was settled law with 50 years of precedent.