Maggie Hassan Warns That Republicans' 'Next Move Is To Ban Abortion Nationwide'

6 months ago

At a Senate Democratic press briefing on Tuesday, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) spoke about a possible national abortion ban.

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00:00 Well, thank you, Senator Murray, and good morning, everybody.

00:05 By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court took away a fundamental freedom for millions

00:10 of Americans.

00:12 And during the past few years, there's been a really concerted effort to ban abortion

00:16 all across our country, including in my home state of New Hampshire.

00:21 Tens of millions of American women now live in states where abortion is banned.

00:27 Some of these bans have criminal penalties, both for women seeking an abortion and for

00:32 their doctors who are providing critical care.

00:36 We know that efforts to deny a woman's fundamental freedom won't stop there.

00:41 The next move is to ban abortion nationwide.

00:45 For those who suggest that these fears are unfounded, I would remind you that we were

00:51 told that overturning Roe would never happen.

00:54 But that's exactly what Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Trump did.

01:01 So this is a really perilous moment.

01:04 What is at stake is whether or not women will continue to be free and equal citizens in

01:11 the United States of America, whether we believe that the Declaration of Independence promised

01:16 that we're all created equal, which means equally able to make our own critical personal

01:23 health care decisions, whether that includes our daughters as well.

01:29 The world's greatest democracy cannot let the women of America become second-class citizens.

01:36 We need to be clear-eyed about the dangers of this moment, speak out, and continue to

01:41 do everything we can to safeguard freedom for America's women.

01:47 And thank you.

01:48 I'll now turn it over to Senator Smith.

01:49 [BLANK_AUDIO]

Maggie Hassan Warns That Republicans' 'Next Move Is To Ban Abortion Nationwide'

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