Calls SCOTUS decision “vicious and politically motivated”
Advocates for over the counter medical abortions, clinics on federal & tribal land and for Medicaid to cover the cost of abortions
The following is a statement from State Senator Jacqui Collins on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade:
“Knowing this vicious, politically-motivated decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade was coming doesn’t make it any easier to stomach. Especially because we know that the consequences of banning abortion will be shouldered by Black, Brown and low-income women who are already starved of resources, only to have their rights to bodily autonomy taken from them too.
“Not only am I disgusted that the highest court in the land has stripped women and gender nonconforming people of our reproductive healthcare rights despite the fact that the majority of Americans support access to abortions, I am deeply afraid of what comes next unless Democrats fight back with everything we’ve got.
“That’s why I am running for Congress. Now more than ever, Democrats need a proven progressive in Washington with a track record of legislative accomplishments to vigorously and decisively fight for justice for women and all minority groups who must continually demand our rights that are guaranteed under the Constitution, but not in countless cities and states across the country.
“In Congress, I will work to codify Roe into law while simultaneously increasing access to reproductive health care. That means making medical abortions available over the counter, establishing clinics on federal land and tribal land that are not governed by state laws, demanding that Medicaid cover the cost of abortions as well as the travel costs for people who will now be forced to go to other states to seek care.
“These are only some of the steps we must take in the face of today’s decision. I fought to protect access to abortion in Illinois, and I won’t stop fighting until every woman and gender nonconforming person in America can get the care they need without interference from or persecution by the government.”
