Pramila Jayapal tweeted the following:
"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
Here are other recent tweets from Pramila Jayapal:
"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
"The decision to have an abortion is a deeply personal one. For me, it was incredibly difficult, but it was MY decision. And it's a decision that belongs to only the pregnant person and who they choose to involve.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/opi"Read on Twitter
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