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Kamala Harris On 49th Anniversary Of Roe V. Wade And The SCOTUS Case That Could Overturn It
“Roe v. Wade gave women the ability to control their own bodies, to plan their own families, and to determine their own futures,” the Vice President said.
BY JULIANA UKIOMOGBE
JAN 21, 2022
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a38833731/kamala-harris-roe-v-wade-anniversary-scotus-case/
Forty-nine years ago this Saturday, the Supreme Court handed down their decision in the landmark Roe v. Wade case, legalizing abortion in the U.S.
To mark the anniversary, Vice President Kamala Harris recorded a video message reiterating the administration’s commitment to protecting abortion rights, highlighting the work they’ve done to protect reproductive rights so far (like rescinding the global gag rule and reinstating the Title X family planning program), and calling for the passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify Roe in the constitution.
The message, which ELLE got an exclusive sneak peek at, comes a month after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, a case that will decide the constitutionality of a 2018 Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The conservative-leaning Court is expected to uphold the law, dealing the most significant blow to Wade in its nearly five decades as legal precedent and opening the door to states banning ..
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