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Rep. Blunt Rochester Statement on Roe V. Wade Being Overturned

Statement

Date: June 24, 2022
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Judicial Branch Reproduction

Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional protections for abortion care.

"Today's decision is a devastating and direct attack on women across the United States," said Rep. Blunt Rochester. "The legal underpinnings of the decision are profoundly misguided and deeply alarming. While abortion will continue to be protected in Delaware, the consequences of this decision will now be borne disproportionately by women of color and in rural communities across the country where access to health care is already hard to come by. That we knew this decision was coming does not blunt the feelings of anger, disappointment, and indignation we feel today -- but we must now channel that anger into action. We must work to codify Roe at the federal level. We cannot give up. We will not go back."


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