On the recordMay 21, 2024
now, on abortion, shortly, I will join Senators Murray, Baldwin, Kelly, and some of the Nation's leading reproductive rights activists to highlight the terrible consequences of repealing the protections of Roe v. Wade. The MAGA Supreme Court repealed Roe nearly 2 years ago. It will go down as one of the worst--if not the worst--Supreme Court decisions of modern American history. In one fell swoop, MAGA radicals on the Court made it so that our children and grandchildren will sadly grow up with fewer civil liberties than those who came before them. Repealing Roe was tragic. It was alarming. It was outrageous, but it didn't happen in a vacuum. It happened because Senate Republicans packed our courts with hard-right judges, plucked right out of the Federalist Society checklist. It happened because Donald Trump appointed not one, not two, but three MAGA Justices, all who voted to overturn Roe. Remember what Donald Trump said a few weeks ago? He was ``proud'' to be the person who paved the way to overturn Roe. And after Roe was eradicated, MAGA radicals opened the floodgates for draconian and cruel bans for women's choice across America. And we know this is just the beginning. Does anyone seriously doubt that should Trump become President again, he won't try to add even more extreme jurists to the bench so he can continue his assault on women's reproductive freedoms? Of course, he will.…





