Rep. Brown Statement on Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe V. Wade

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court released its Dobbs v. Jackson opinion that overturns Roe v. Wade:

“Today is a dark day in American history. The Supreme Court’s devastating decision overturning Roe v. Wade is a deliberate attack on reproductive rights and an individual’s fundamental right to make decisions about their body and their health care. Now, the most personal decision someone can make will be subjected to the impulses of politicians and partisans. For the first time in our history, girls growing up today will not have the same rights as their mothers. And there is no doubt that this disgraceful decision will take the greatest toll on poor women, women of color, and marginalized communities who already face systemic barriers to accessing to health care.

“Today, the Supreme Court not only delivered a smack in the face to five decades of precedent, it also turned back the clock on decades of progress on human rights.  This decision is a blow not just to women, but to all of us who cherish the freedoms and rights we hold as Americans. Combined with yesterday’s ruling on guns, this decision displays the Court’s glaring hypocrisy for the country to see. According to the idealogues on the Court, states cannot decide how to regulate guns—yet only the states can decide how to regulate a woman’s body. They will stop at nothing to foist their extreme agenda on the American people.

“My heart is heavy today. Yet let’s be disappointed, not devastated. We can be down, but we aren’t out. The House has already passed legislation to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land, and I urge the Senate to pass this critical bill now. We cannot—and we will not—go back.”

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