PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 3, 2022 |
Representative Adriano Espaillat Decries Supreme Court Draft Opinion Overturning Roe V. Wade. NEW YORK, NY – In the wake of last night’s breaking news that a draft majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito would overturn Roe v. Wade, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement:
“I want every New Yorker–and American around the country–to know that this morning, abortion remains a constitutional right, and is still the law of the land,” said Rep. Espaillat. “Let me be clear: seeking abortion care should not be criminalized. Reproductive health care should be determined by the person seeking care and their trusted health care provider–not legislators, not presidents, and especially not a radical right-wing Supreme Court hellbent on upending judicial precedent and the rights of childbearing individuals. Any threat on abortion rights is an attack on those most impacted by the decision—people of color, LGBTQ people, people with low incomes, and those in rural communities.
“Decades of attacks have left abortion rights hanging by a thread in the United States, and Mitch McConnell’s packed Supreme Court has signaled to the American people—and the world—that it is willing to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past fifty years,” Espaillat continued. “This draft opinion is a moral outrage and an awe-inducing example judicial malpractice. This Congress must send legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade to the President’s desk—with the House taking this first step already, the ball is in the Senate’s court to act.
“And if there aren’t 60 votes in the Senate to do it, we need to abolish the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes – because the weight of history will be watching,” Espaillat concluded.
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