Moulton Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, Congressman Seth Moulton gave the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. 

"The newly-politicized Supreme Court has stolen control of women’s bodies and handed it to state politicians–mostly men, mostly white, and too many who are closer to far-right ideologues than the American people. Let’s be clear:

• The majority of Americans are totally opposed to this Supreme Court decision
• This takes away an essential right and freedom from Americans everywhere
• Women’s health care has been made instantaneously worse.

Let’s also be clear: Every Supreme Court justice promised to uphold Roe v. Wade in his or her confirmation hearing, so we now have a Supreme Court majority that we can’t trust to simply tell the truth. This is the Supreme Court that Washington Republicans have created in their own image.

Thankfully, abortion is legal in Massachusetts and we will fight to keep it that way. But make no mistake that this basic right to privacy, to personal freedom, to safety and self-protection will be under assault everywhere in America.

The irony that brave young Americans risk their lives to fight for freedom around the world, while the Supreme Court is risking women’s lives by taking away their freedoms here at home, should not be lost on anyone.

This is a dark day in American history. We should all pray that Americans come together at the ballot box to turn back the Republicans who believe that they should own our freedoms, own our Congress, and own our Supreme Court for themselves. It’s time to march peacefully, organize relentlessly, and VOTE like our freedom depends on it–because it does."