Today, on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement:
“Three years ago, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturned women’s rights to bodily autonomy, privacy, and reproductive care. Since then, states across the country have criminalized abortion, threatened access to IVF, and denied millions of women access to basic medical care. And now, as part of President Trump’s so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are trying to bar Medicaid patients from seeking services like STI testing, cervical cancer screenings, and contraception at Planned Parenthood clinics. These attempts to strip women of their rights remain as disgusting today as they were three years ago.
Despite ongoing attempts to restrict reproductive rights, most Americans believe that women should have the right to choose what to do with their bodies. The vast majority of state ballot initiatives regarding reproductive rights have passed in favor of expanding or protecting them enshrining these rights in state constitutions from New York to Missouri to Arizona.
But relying on the states is not enough. We must continue to do everything we can to make sure every woman, regardless of where she lives, has access to safe, legal reproductive care. That’s why I support the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify a national right to abortion, restoring Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. I’m also fighting to pass federal legislation to guarantee access to contraception, IVF, and other health care and resources that are necessary to give women the reproductive choices they deserve.
I will not stop fighting until every American regains the right to reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy.”
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