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It has been 100 days since the Republican-appointed Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending 50 years of reproductive freedom as we knew it. Since then, countless horror stories have surfaced: a 10-year-old rape victim forced to flee her state to get health care, women who experience miscarriages and people with auto-immune diseases unable to access vital medication, women told they’d have to give birth to a non-viable fetus, and more.
Despite the cruel stories and the widespread backlash at the ballot box, House Republicans have doubled down on their war on women with continued promises to pass a nationwide abortion ban.
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126 House Republicans signed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn Roe, more than 160 already singed on to a national abortion ban and more than 100 have signed on to another.
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Republicans overwhelmingly voted against codifying Roe, protecting the right to contraception, and safeguarding a woman’s right to travel to another state to receive an abortion if their state bans the medical procedure.
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Building on previous promises to pass a nationwide abortion ban, House Republicans introduced the “Commitment to America” and according to Kevin McCarthy it “clearly” highlights House Republicans’ priority to “protect the lives of the unborn.”
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The Republican Study Committee – which represents nearly 75% of the House Republican Conference – doubled down on calls to “end abortion” nationwide in their newly released agenda.
DCCC spokesperson Helen Kalla:
“Millions of women have gone 100 days without the freedom they once had. Unfazed by the horrific stories or enraged voter base, Republicans are unwavering in their plans to ban abortion nationwide. Voters will elect a pro-choice Democratic majority in November, because they want their freedoms restored, not taken away further by extreme Republicans.”
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