Rep. Sherrill Condemns Activist SCOTUS Decision Striking Down Reproductive Freedom

Washington, DC–– Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement condemning the ring-wing activist Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: 

“This decision is not conservative, it is radical. I had hoped against hope that the decision wouldn’t be as extreme as the leaked draft. The court is rolling back a constitutional right, out of step with the majority of our country and almost 50 years of legal precedent.

“The freedom of women to control their bodies should not hinge on a state line. Women in Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma deserve the same rights as women in New Jersey. With the end of Roe, 28 states will likely take action to prohibit abortion entirely; 13 states already have trigger bans in place. Many of those bans contain no exemptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother. Lives and livelihoods of women across the country are not safe.

“We are at a crisis moment in our country. I will continue to stand up against government overreach, defend reproductive freedom, and push my colleagues in the Senate to codify Roe.”

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