“Democrats Unite to Protect Access to Abortion Services Under Leadership of Mayes + Gunnigle
Arizona Democratic Elected Officials and Candidates Co-Sign Statement Condemning Attacks on Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare
PHOENIX – This morning Arizona Democrats gathered, in unity to forcefully condemn any attacks on access to abortion and reproductive healthcare in response to the draft SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. In that spirit, Kris Mayes, candidate for Attorney General, and Julie Gunnigle, candidate for Maricopa County Attorney, drafted a joint statement further demonstrating that when elected, Democrats will fight tooth and nail for the constitutional rights of all Arizonans.
The statement, which was co-signed by fellow Democratic candidates and elected officials this morning reads as follows:
“We are outraged but not surprised that five extremist U.S. Supreme Court justices are poised to overturn Roe v. Wade in a draft decision made available to the American public. The political decision to overturn decades of legal precedent is a direct affront to the clear majority of Americans who support the right to abortion. This decision will disproportionately harm rural families, low-income families, indigenous communities, young people, and people of color — who will all lose access to critical healthcare services the moment Roe is overturned. That includes a recent 15-week abortion ban recently signed by the Governor and preexisting anti-abortion laws that were written more than 120 years ago.
While we are devastated by the damage this will do to individuals across the U.S. and in Arizona, we are more determined than ever to stand up and fight back. We know that the majority of Arizonans support the right to abortion and want to protect the confidential relationship between a patient and their healthcare provider. Families want to keep the government out of their private healthcare decisions. Now all eyes turn to the states, to Arizona, and their elected leaders to protect safe, legal, and affordable access to abortion and contraception.
As Democrats, we are unified in our commitment to protect families, medical professionals, and our entire Arizona community. Together, we fully condemn this draft ruling and commit to Arizona voters that, when elected, we will use the power of the state and county government to protect Arizonans’ right to access safe, legal, and affordable abortion services and reproductive healthcare. We will never prosecute patients or qualified medical professionals for seeking or providing abortion care. Prosecutors and prisons have no place in any American’s private decisions about their own bodies.
We want to be very clear: until this ruling is finalized, abortion services remain legal and available in Arizona, but the writing is on the wall. This November, Arizonans will make our voices heard by electing pro-choice candidates up and down the ballot who have a demonstrated commitment to defending a person’s right to an abortion. We cannot, and will not be silenced in this fight.”
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FULL LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE
HERE.”Live Stream speakers from today’s Press Conference at AZ State Capitol: Kris Mayes, Dem nominee for Arizona AG; Julie Gullingle, candidate for Maricopa County Attorney; Raquel Teran, Chair of Arizona Democratic Party & LD 30 Senator; Rebecca Rios, AZ Senate Minority Leader & LD 27 Senator
Overturning Roe is bad, but it’s a symptom of a much. much bigger problem.
All the conservative judges on the SCOTUS lied to the nation. They can’t be trusted.
All of them. Supreme Court Justices.
Lied. To America.
How is this not the story of the decade? Why isn’t this the top headline/breaking news alert every second of the day?
We have the branch of the government who’s job is to be a check on the other two and they can’t be trusted.
When it comes to lying politicians we keep hope alive because we can vote them out.
We can’t vote out SCOTUS judges. There is no fix.
We can’t call them “Justices” anymore.
Accomplices is more fitting.
Illegitimate and untrustworthy. Corrupt.
This is nightmare stuff and everyone is focused on symptoms and not root cause.
We need a SCOTUS that we can trust, even when we disagree with their decisions.
Years from now looking back this will be a historical moment as big as any war, depression, or assassination.
These strict constitutionalists must reread the body of work as NOWHERE in the constitution does it prohibit abortion, women’s healthcare or contraception.