Senator Murray Statement on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Decision

Statement

"Today we should be celebrating 51 years of a woman's right to make her own decisions about her body, her pregnancies, and her future--but instead we are seeing horror story after horror story of how Republicans' callous and cruel abortion bans have jeopardized women's health and lives and stripped them of a fundamental freedom.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade, which was planned and executed by Donald Trump, marked the first time in American history that a constitutional right--one that is essential to women's autonomy and dignity--was ripped away. As I've said before, this isn't something Republicans can fix with spin, or rebranding, or by sticking their heads in the sand. For women across America where politicians now control their pregnancies--and doctors who are now barred from practicing the quality health care they were trained to provide--the post-Roe world is a living hell, and a personal nightmare.

What we have seen since Roe v. Wade was overturned that gives me hope--is that everywhere abortion rights has been on the ballot, abortion rights have won. We know that women will not be quiet in the face of their fundamental freedoms being stripped away, and they will not be ignored. I'm going to keep fighting with everything I've got alongside women across America to restore Roe and the right to abortion nationwide, and make sure it is women who have the power to make these personal decisions about their lives--not politicians."

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