Pramila Jayapal tweeted the following:
"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
Here are other recent tweets from Pramila Jayapal:
"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
"Our rights & status as "free and equal citizens" are fundamentally curtailed today. Will we be able to work when we want? Plan our pregnancies? How will we ensure we can afford children? How to we protect our lives or the life of a fetus we are now forced to carry? [3/9]"Read on Twitter
"@Scotus From the dissent: Todays decision, taken on its own, is catastrophic enoughthe Courts precedents about bodily autonomy, sexual & familial relations, and procreation are all interwoven especially [for] womens lives, where they safeguard a right to self-determination [2/9]"Read on Twitter
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