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Ken Calvert Shares Blame for the Overturn of Roe v. Wade

In the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning 50 years of precedent, Ken Calvert must defend his dangerous complicity in overturnig Roe and answer for his party’s plan for a nationwide abortion ban.

  • Every single House Republican, including Ken Calvert, voted against protecting access to an abortion and protecting a woman’s right to make her own decisions.

  • Calvert joined 125 other House Republicans  in signing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn Roe

  • Calvert is a co-sponsor of the Life at Conception Act, the federal personhood bill that would ban all abortions and certain types of birth control such as IUDs.

Make no mistake: Ken Calvert is on the wrong side of history. Polling conducted after the leak of the SCOTUS draft opinion overturning Roe shows: by a two-to-one margin, Americans oppose the overturn of Roe; 80% of people believe abortion should be decided between a woman and her doctor; and nearly two-thirds of people oppose the GOP’s plan to institute a nationwide abortion ban.

Ken Calvert will be held accountable for his role in dismantling reproductive rights and his party’s contined plan to institute a nationwide abortion ban.

DCCC spokesperson Maddy Mundy:
“Ken Calvert bears responsibility for the devastating decision overturning Roe. Calvert must explain his record of attacking women’s personal freedoms and answer whether he supports his party leaders’ plan to impose a draconian nationwide abortion ban.

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