Congressman Johnson’s Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued this statement after a Republican-appointed Supreme Court majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade:

"This is the most damnable Supreme Court decision in my lifetime. For the first time in our nation's history, the Supreme Court has snatched away a fundamental civil right. For half a century, the reproductive right has been a hallmark of gender equality in our nation. Women have now had that right ripped away by a callous and extreme, draconian Supreme Court. What civil right is next? Will it be the right to use contraceptives? Will it be marriage equality? Or will it be the civil and voting rights of Black and Brown people? Just how far backwards does this ultra-reactionary Court plan to take us? I am saddened for what has happened for our nation and the disregard that this activist court has for the women of America. However, from this despair must come action and I am also determined to redouble my commitment to codifying the right to an abortion."

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