Levin Condemns Supreme Court Reversal of Roe

Statement

Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn the long-standing precedent established in Roe v. Wade:

"I am outraged that this extremist Supreme Court has struck down one of the most important freedoms in this country--the right to an abortion. While Roe v. Wade alone has never been sufficient to ensure that all people can get the abortion care they need, this abhorrent decision completely erodes the bodily autonomy of millions of Americans and will disproportionately impact already marginalized communities. I'm deeply concerned that abortion access will now be criminalized in 26 states. Simply put, this represents a total and blatant violation of human rights and further delegitimatizes the highest court in the land. I refuse to accept a future where my 17-year-old daughter cannot access reproductive health care freely.

"Further, with this decision, the majority of the Supreme Court revealed their hostility to many existing rights and called into question much of the progress we've made as a country. We cannot disentangle the movement to suppress reproductive freedom from the same regressive politics of our national past as they are borne from the same oppressive forces. This is about control by a small group of hyper-conservative, unaccountable Justices contravening the will of the public to strip away rights and harm communities en masse.

"In moments of immense difficulty, we must work together to protect and support abortion providers, patients and their communities. We overcome difficult moments by working in unison to protect our collective freedoms, and women, transgender and nonbinary people cannot fight for their reproductive rights alone. Our path ahead should be guided by the reproductive justice framework created by a group of Black women in 1994, which demands that every person has the human right to bodily autonomy, including whether to have children, when and how to have them, and to parent the children they have in safe and sustainable communities.

"I am ready to fight like hell to protect the privacy and bodily autonomy of all people. Everyone should have complete agency over their own futures. This is a fight for all of us and I will not rest until abortion is liberated universally."

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