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Jeh Johnson: “On abortion, I think that rather than crafting legislation to somehow codify Roe -- Roe was a constitutional right for…”

On the recordJuly 2, 2022
On abortion, I think that rather than crafting legislation to somehow codify Roe -- Roe was a constitutional right for 50 years; you can't create by statute a constitutional right. Congress should devote its energy to, it has -- claiming the power to regulate interstate commerce, that's in the, in the Constitution -- so that we make it plainly available for any woman in state A who wants to go to state B to get an abortion, that she should be able to do so.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Jeh Johnson discusses the limitations of Congress in codifying Roe and suggests using interstate commerce powers to ensure abortion access.

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