"This is about -- Joy, about one’s own health care decisions. Whether you believe or not believe in abortion, that’s not the issue. The issue is a person having the right to make their own decisions about their own lives."
"And let me just say what we have done in the House, led by Congresswoman Judy Chu, the women`s health production -- excuse me -- Women`s Health Protection Act. We have passed that over into the Senate..."
"She was a fighter for education. She loved children. And she was always happy. She was -- but she was fighting as she was happy. She was very optimistic. She was a fighter for voting rights, for civil..."
"Right now, states, as you see, they`re doing anything they want to do to deny access to the full range of reproductive health services, including abortion care. And that`s why we have got to pass this..."
"I have to have hope. I have to be optimistic. And this is about organizing. It`s about political action. And I have to salute our young women, our women of color. We have organized around the country ..."
"Women`s lives are at stake. And, you know, women, people all over the country are sick and tired of our lives being in jeopardy in so many ways."
"This is an inflection moment. This is the time when we have to fight on all fronts for our rights on so many efforts -- in so many efforts."
"This boils down to a political struggle. We`re in a war. This is a fight for our lives. This is a fight for our freedom."
"I`m compelled to speak out because of the real risks of the clock being turned back to those days before Roe versus Wade, to the days when I was a teenager and had a back alley abortion in Mexico. I w..."
"As a black woman, these state level abortion bans are deadly. I`m compelled to speak out because of the real risks of the clock being turned back to those days before Roe versus Wade, to the days when..."
"So many women I knew especially black women died of back alley abortions. I was one of those that survived and I think it`s my duty now as hard as this is to talk about it, because I know it`s going t..."