Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, penned an op-ed for the New York Times on Saturday expressing their fury over the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and asking for policies their party has advocated for years.
They wrote, “With its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, an extremist Supreme Court has overturned nearly 50 years of precedent, stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion and ruling that the government — not the pregnant individual — will determine whether to continue a pregnancy.”
Warren and Smith commented that several states have already taken steps to outlaw abortion and that a dozen more are enacting additional restrictions in response to the ruling.
“If we sound agitated and alarmed, it is because we are. This choice is tragic, and we know what will follow. We both lived in the United States where abortion is outlawed.
Infections and other consequences decimated the population of a country.
A nation where unintended pregnancies impeded professions and lives. A nation in which some women committed themselves rather than continue pregnancies they were unable to carry “Article from the New York Times.
They also urged President Biden to “declare a public health emergency to ensure abortion access for all Americans” during this “perilous time” that endangers millions of women.
They blamed “right-wing politicians and their allies [who] have spent decades plotting” for bringing the country to “this dark moment” and listed the alleged crimes of “extremists,” such as “Abusing the filibuster and turning Congress into a dysfunctional institution” and “Stealing two Supreme Court seats.”
In response to the verdict, they reaffirmed Warren’s prior demands that Democrats in Congress and President Joe Biden fill the Supreme Court, eliminate the filibuster, and reform the Electoral College.
“To fix the damage Republicans have done to our system in their efforts to control women’s lives, we need broad democracy reform,” Warren and Smith wrote. “This includes changing the composition of the courts, reforming Senate rules such as the filibuster, and even fixing the antiquated Electoral College, which allowed presidential candidates who lost the popular vote to take office and nominate five justices who agreed to end the right to an abortion.”
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On Thursday, Smith presented a new bill to formalize the right to get abortion medicines in jurisdictions where the procedure may be illegal.
The most recent attempt by Democrats to enact Roe v. Wade into legislation failed to pass the Senate in May, despite previous efforts.
Pro-choice advocates demonstrate in New York City against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Pro-choice advocates demonstrate in New York City against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
They went out, “Simply put, we must restore our democracy so that a radical minority can no longer stifle the will of the majority.
This will be a long, difficult battle, and the path to victory is uncertain at this time. Regardless of how long it takes, though, we must prevail in our just cause. We lived in the United States without Roe, and we will not return. Now not. Not ever.”
