For Immediate Release
National Contact: Brian Evans, [email protected]
Oregon Contact: Eddie Kurtz, [email protected] and (503) 883-8887
Last night, a draft opinion circulated indicating the Supreme Court’s intent to overturn Roe v. Wade. Given the additional powers this anticipated decision will yield to state and territorial legislatures, the listed State and Territorial Parties signed on to jointly offer the following statement:
“The shockwaves of Donald Trump’s presidency are neither gone nor forgotten. We are heartbroken – but not surprised – to see the draft opinion of the United States Supreme Court indicating it intends to overturn a half-century of constitutional jurisprudence in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“In the wake of this decision, the Supreme Court’s anticipated opinion will signal a return of power to the elected representatives of each state and territory. Therefore, it is important now, more than ever, that we protect and exercise those rights that remain intact — our First Amendment rights to associate and to vote representatives into office who will stand firm and protect their constituents from the threats and whims of conservatives.
“Across America, our State Democratic Parties will work tirelessly to recruit, train, and support Democratic candidates for state and federal office who will fight for the right to abortion. We encourage our federal legislators to codify Roe immediately. We cannot and will not wait.”
A statement from KC Hanson, Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon, is below the following list.
Signed by:
- Alabama Democratic Party
- Alaska Democratic Party
- Arizona Democratic Party
- Arkansas Democratic Party
- California Democratic Party
- Colorado Democratic Party
- Connecticut Democratic Party
- DC Democratic Party
- Delaware Democratic Party
- Democrats Abroad
- Florida Democratic Party
- Georgia Democratic Party
- Guam Democratic Party
- Democratic Party of Hawai‘i
- Idaho Democratic Party
- Democratic Party of Illinois
- Indiana Democratic Party
- Iowa Democratic Party
- Kansas Democratic Party
- Louisiana Democratic Party
- Maine Democratic Party
- Maryland Democratic Party
- Massachusetts Democratic Party
- Michigan Democratic Party
- Minnesota DFL Party
- Mississippi Democratic Party
- Missouri Democratic Party
- Montana Democratic Party
- Nebraska Democratic Party
- Nevada State Democratic Party
- New Hampshire Democratic Party
- New Jersey Democratic State Committee
- New Mexico Democratic Party
- New York State Democratic Party
- North Carolina Democratic Party
- North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
- Ohio Democratic Party
- Oklahoma Democratic Party
- Democratic Party of Oregon
- Pennsylvania Democratic Party
- Rhode Island Democratic Party
- South Carolina Democratic Party
- South Dakota Democratic Party
- Tennessee Democratic Party
- Texas Democratic Party
- Utah Democratic Party
- Vermont Democratic Party
- Virginia Democratic Party
- Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands
- Washington State Democratic Party
- West Virginia Democratic Party
- Democratic Party of Wisconsin
- Wyoming Democratic Party
KC Hanson, Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon said, “For the first time in American history, the Supreme Court is poised to rip a Constitutional right away from over half our population. This obscene over-reach of judicial activism will immediately allow even the most abusive state laws to stand. These laws take many forms: from barring physicians to properly consult with their patients, to restricting contraception access, to even stripping from women their right to end a rape-induced pregnancy. Oregon Democrats will fight like hell to preserve the fundamental right of Oregon women to keep the government out of their bodies, and elect Democrats at every level who will work to bring women’s rights back to the 21st Century.”
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