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Official title: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Executive Calendar)
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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMs. SLOTKIN. Mr. President, I rise today to address the events that took place exactly 4 years ago today when the Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson, overturning Roe v. Wade, stripping away reproductive rights for women that we have relied upon for generations.
That decision sent shock waves through the country. Something that many of us, women of my age, relied upon for our entire lives were certainly and suddenly not available to our kids and our grandkids. And as States like Michigan were looking into the reality of a full abortion ban, we had to get to work.
in the cases of rape and incest. It criminalized nurses and doctors who provided such care, and it was slated to become law again in the wake of the Dobbs decision.
In the face of that, Michiganders went to work; that is what we do. We rally together. We got over 700,000 signatures in the better part of 10 weeks. We organized getting on to our ballot a vote on reproductive freedom including abortion care for our State; and we did this so that women and girls that come after us were in control of their reproductive lives, not politicians and certainly not anyone in this body.
focus on one woman Sarah from Byron Center, MI. Sarah had already had four miscarriages but was filled with so much hope for her fifth pregnancy. Unfortunately, after 19 weeks she received a devastating call from her doctor that she had a baby dying inside of her. Thankfully, Sarah was able to get the abortion care she needed from her doctor so she wouldn't be exposed to life-threatening bacteria and infections which could have killed her.
same reality, they are told to wait. They are told to hope they don't get an infection, and they hope they are not left to die.
children without a parent, all because of politics and reversing Roe v. Wade 4 years ago today. Now just because the story is 4 years old doesn't mean it is over. Women continue to face a two-front war to get access to abortion care, even in a State like Michigan. Access to care and the cost of care is still inhibiting who has access to reproductive care.
abortion, and the people in this Chamber and around this town continue to chip away at women's access everywhere they turn. Women are struggling to get access to healthcare via telehealth. Families are struggling to access contraception and plan for their futures. Doctors are being criminalized for doing their jobs. Cuts to healthcare, cuts to Planned Parenthood have forced organizations to shut their doors, and politicians who can't outlaw abortion nationwide are trying to outlaw abortion medication, which is how a full half of women get their abortions.
distances, and adds risk to people's health. The Dobbs decision was a cautionary tale. Even though the Supreme Court allowed abortion over 50 years ago, this body decided not to act. We never legislated a woman's right to choose.
have reproductive freedom now across the country if we had done so. I think it is an important tale for what this body can and cannot do, what it should and should not do.
It certainly has incredible consequences. So I just wanted to recognize on the 4-year anniversary of the reversal of Roe v. Wade where we are and that the fight continues.