Reproductive Freedom

For half a century, Roe v. Wade upheld a straightforward truth: reproductive freedom is a basic human right. By overturning Roe, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority dismantled a Constitutional protection that most Americans have never lived without. 

The right to decide if and when to have children is fundamental to any free society — and to any country that values the health of its citizens. But MAGA Republicans are hellbent on rolling back that freedom and enacting a nationwide abortion ban. 

Outraged by these attacks, women across the country have courageously told their own personal abortion stories. They inspired me to share my story of a miscarriage that required an abortion to prevent a potentially fatal infection. As I wrote then, abortion bans are designed to inflict a legal and emotional nightmare on Americans who are guilty of nothing but needing basic health care.

MAGA Republicans believe in a country where freedom is reserved for a privileged few. House Democrats believe freedom belongs to all of us. 

I have proudly supported legislation to uphold reproductive justice in every corner of the country — voting to enshrine abortion access into federal law, codify the right to use birth control, and make clear that every American is free to seek abortion care across state lines.