Political Quotes

“Roe became law when I was 13. For my entire adult life, the right to abortion care--to privacy and the freedom to make my own family planning and healthcare decisions--was guaranteed in all 50 States. It sickens me that it is not the case today. My daughters-in-law, my granddaughters, and all women and girls have been stripped of human rights and relegated to second-class citizens. After a decades-long effort, Republicans have fixed the Supreme Court with a few Justices corruptly seated by an autocratic President, and they now behave not as constitutional lawyers but as theocrats. In overturning Roe and sending a woman's reproductive freedom to State politicians--largely White, male--these Justices have decided their faith should determine everyone else's rights, not the Constitution. This is a call to the Chamber, to this Chamber, to the Senate, to the administration. We must restore, expand, and protect rights. We must pass laws that combat this regressive, shrinking Court. No excuses. That is why we are here, yet again, with legislation to codify the right to abortion care. Last September, the House passed the Women's Health Protection Act, and the Senate sat on its hands. Today, we must pass it again. I will return to the floor every session, with Representative Chu and many others, until we protect and expand rights. I ask my colleagues to do the same.”