Los congresistas Sires & Payne reaccionan al borrador de opinión filtrado de la Corte Suprema que anula los derechos de aborto Roe v Wade

The Supreme Court has reportedly voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito which circulated inside the court.  The opinion was obtained by POLITICO.

Justice Alito writes that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.”  The draft opinion is a repudiation of the 1973 landmark decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights.  A subsequent decision in 1992— Planned Parenthood v. Casey — upheld the right.

Congressman Albio Sires, upon learning of the leaked Supreme Court decision, stated, “Last night’s leaked draft opinion out of the Supreme Court, which strikes down Roe v. Wade and invites state lawmakers across the country to ban access to abortion, is an alarming action by the Court.  Not only does this draft opinion break with nearly fifty years of precedent, it also goes against the majority of Americans’ views on abortion access. The overwhelming majority of Americans support the precedent set in Roe v. Wade, which made abortion care legal in the United States in 1973. The counter-majoritarian Supreme Court is poised to inflict its widely unpopular view on women in the United States. This country cannot backslide on a woman’s right to privacy and access to abortion. It is more urgent than ever that the Senate immediately pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, to federally codify a woman’s right to abortion care.”

Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. added that, “This absolute travesty is the direct result of the continued radicalism of the Republican Party and its turn to the far right.  Now, women across the country are in jeopardy of falling backwards to a dark past when access to a safe abortion procedure was difficult or impossible. I have always been a proud supporter of a woman’s right to choose, because I know that we must trust women to make their own healthcare decisions rather than dictating to them.”

El congresista Payne agregó: “Hay una solución a este problema urgente que debe suceder ahora. El pasado septiembre, me uní a los demócratas en la Cámara de Representantes en la aprobación de la Ley de Protección de la Salud de la Mujer, una legislación que garantizaría el derecho legal al aborto en todo el país. El Senado de los Estados Unidos debe actuar ahora para aprobar este proyecto de ley, y si es necesario, los líderes del Senado deben abolir el filibuster para permitir que se celebre una votación de arriba o abajo. No hay otra acción que pueda ser urgente en este momento que hacer lo que sea necesario para aprobar este proyecto de ley. El pueblo estadounidense está mirando y cuenta con que actuemos. No debemos decepcionarlos. ” No puedo .

La decisión del Tribunal Supremo no será definitiva hasta que se publique. Es probable que esto ocurra en los próximos dos meses.