SENATOR MARKEY STATEMENT ON THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE

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Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court announced its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

"What we have feared most has come to pass. A stolen, illegitimate, and far-right majority on the Supreme Court has destroyed nearly fifty years of precedent guaranteeing the constitutional right to an abortion. The overturning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey is an egregious and overtly political act that jeopardizes the health, safety, and freedom of millions of Americans.

"Thirteen states with "trigger laws' will now impose radical and unjust bans on abortion. Criminalizing abortion won't stop abortion, it will only make it dangerous. Congress must do its part and respond to these affronts to reproductive freedom by passing the Women's Health and Protection Act and codifying Roe into law -- even if we must abolish the filibuster to do so.

"I once again ask my Senate colleagues, what other judicial outrage must we endure from the illegitimate Supreme Court majority before we act? The most fundamental rights we hold dear as Americans are at stake. The right to privacy is at stake. The right to use contraception is at stake. The right to marry who you love is at stake. And with this decision, the very lives of those seeking to exercise their right to reproductive freedom are at stake.

"We must act now and expand the Supreme Court to bring balance to the bench and restore its legitimacy in the eyes of the American people."

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