Discussion on Abortion Rights and Legislation

I promise that no matter what Donald Trump or Republicans in Congress

or the Supreme Court does, we're gonna continue to make

sure that women ha-- and families have access to the

healthcare that they need right here in Massachusetts.

We're gonna make sure that women in particular

are able to make their own

healthcare decisions, not the government.

Now, the law that I sign is, uh, against, uh, the

context of, of the moment that we're in and the time in this

country.

Um, we know that protecting abortion access

and reproductive healthcare has been under fire.

Uh, we saw it when the Supreme Court

overturned Roe in the Dobbs decision back in

2022, the first time a court has ever taken away

a right that was given. We've seen it as Donald Trump

and Republicans in

Congress continue to pass anti-abortion

legislation, um, including extreme abortion bans.

Today, one in three women in America live in a

state with an abortion

ban. President Trump's new attorney general,

Todd Blanche, over the weekend, uh, said that overturning Roe

v. Wade should be made, quote, "permanent in

every state." That's what we're up against.