Pramila Jayapal tweeted the following:
"From the dissent: People did not ratify the 14th Amendment. [Cis] men did. So it is perhaps not so surprising that ratifiers weren't perfectly attuned to importance of repro rights for womens liberty, or for their capacity to participate as equal members of our Nation. [7/9]"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Pramila Jayapal:
"If a protected right must be "deeply rooted in history" as this radical SCOTUS majority claims, then it means that if framers of the Constitution or Amendments did not see reproductive freedom 100s of years ago as a right, it doesnt exist. Who ratified 14th Amendment? Men. [6/9]"Read on Twitter
"This decision is insulting. From the dissent: Majority does not think forced childbirth implicates a womans rights to equality & freedomCourt does not think there is anything of constitutional significance attached to a womans control of her body & path of her life. [5/9]"Read on Twitter
"Banning abortions increases maternal mortality by 21%, but unequally: 13% for white women; 33% for Black women. Poor people won't be able to travel across states to get an abortion. Abortion will still happen - illegally, unsafely. And people will be criminalized. [4/9]"Read on Twitter
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