NWLC Condemns Senate Push for Anti-Abortion Bill on Roe Anniversary
WASHINGTON (Jan. 22) — On the anniversary of the 1972 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision recognizing the right to abortion as protected by the U.S. Constitution, the Republican majority in the Senate has put forward a misleading anti-abortion bill (HR 21/S. 6) for a vote.
Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), issued the following statement in response:
“It’s no accident that congressional Republicans used the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a watershed case for liberty, equality, and bodily autonomy, to vote on a bill that perpetuates myths about abortion care, shames the people who seek that care, and vilifies those who provide it.
S.6 intentionally misleads the public with false and inflammatory rhetoric about abortion care. It interferes with medical decision-making in some of the most tragic moments of some families’ lives for the sole purpose of promoting lies about abortion.
A majority of the electorate continues to support abortion rights and access. Americans have seen the results of the Supreme Court’s unjust and callous decision to overturn Roe v. Wade — from abortion bans forcing people to travel across state lines to access the care they need to pregnant people being denied care and even dying to an exodus of doctors that is exacerbating the existing maternal health crisis we face — and they reject restrictive abortion policies. That’s why anti-abortion advocates must rely on disinformation like this bill to further their extreme agenda.
NWLC will not give up on our fight to protect the right to abortion and expand abortion access. We promise to continue our work to make sure all people can make their own decisions about their bodies, lives, and futures.”