FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 24, 2022
BWCA Statement on the Supreme Court’s Overturning of Roe v. Wade
The Black Women's Congressional Alliance, a leading voice of diversity on Capitol Hill dedicated to empowering, promoting, training, and retaining Black women Congressional staffers, released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade:
“This week, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion in America. This decision will impact everyone, but its effects will fall hardest on people who already face barriers to health care: women of color, particularly Black women, as well as people working to make ends meet, young people, and those living in rural areas.
Taking away this fundamental right will have a devastating impact on women’s freedom to make their own decisions about their health in this country. This decision is wrong and will harm millions of people, particularly Black, Indigenous, and people of color. BWCA condemns this unjustified, unprecedented stripping away of a guaranteed right that has been in place for nearly five decades.”
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