The Western Wall Is Up

West Coast States Launch New Multi-State Commitment to Reproductive Freedom, Standing United on Protecting Abortion Access in face of U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Roe vs. Wade

The governors of California, Oregon and Washington today issued a Multi-State Commitment to defend access to reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives, and committed to protecting patients and doctors against efforts by other states to export their abortion bans to our states.

This Multi-State Commitment affirms the governors’ commitment in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision to strip away a constitutional right that has been in place for half a century, leaving abortion regulation to the states. The sweeping decision means that for patients in more than half the country, home to 33.6 million women, abortion care is illegal or inaccessible.

In a video message the governors share a powerful message that the West Coast will remain a place where reproductive health care will be accessible and protected.

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jackson55 · M

All it does is take the feds out of it. States can do as they please.
Read the constitution, there’s nothing in it about reproductive or abortion rights.

Ynotisay · M

@jackson55 There is a 14th Amendment though, right? This falls under a 'fundamental right to privacy." Hence the Supreme Court. But maybe you're not on board with that.

jackson55 · M

@Ynotisay I’ve read the constitution and the 14th amendment. I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say right to privacy has anything to do with reproductive rights. There’s still many states where abortion is perfectly legal. The decision just took the Feds out of it. I’m sure it will continue to be controversial subject as it has been from the beginning.

Ynotisay · M

@jackson55 So you read the 14th Amendment but didn't read about Roe vs. Wade and how that fit in to the Constitution and the Supreme Court decision almost 50 years ago.

Northwest · M

@jackson55

Read the constitution, there’s nothing in it about reproductive or abortion rights.

You're kidding right? wait, never mind that. You people are trained to regurgitate whatever speaking point Fox gives you.

The 14th amendment explicitly addresses the right to choose whether, and with whom, and when to form a family. The SCOTUS decision today, elides the 14th Amendment, and states that states, not individuals, will decide whether individuals can enjoy reproductive freedom.