WATCH: Patty Murray Warns Trump White House Will Outlaw Mifepristone

6 months ago

On Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) answered reporter questions on reproductive rights during a press briefing.

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00:00Yes.

00:01Senator Murray, you mentioned that some of these agenda items wouldn't even require

00:05congressional approval, that the administration could take unilateral action or change regulations.

00:09What are, I guess, some of those issues that you're worried that a Trump White House

00:13could enact, even in a divided government, and kind of –

00:17Well, I think pretty much everything we've talked about, if they change the regulations

00:20through fiat at – through making Mifepristone illegal, I mean, there's – I can list

00:28you all kinds of things, but I will tell you that we aren't going to let that happen.

00:32We're going to be here.

00:33We're going to fight back.

00:34Yes.

00:35Thank you.

00:36You know, it is very easy to blame another branch for this, especially as we approach

00:41the anniversary of this DOX ruling, but why weren't Senate Democrats, House Democrats

00:46able to whip enough votes to codify this before this happened?

00:51Well, as someone who's been here a long time fighting for women's rights, I can

00:55tell you that every time we said there's a possibility, we need to be ready, I was

01:00told, don't worry, the Supreme Court will never overturn this.

01:03Who told you that?

01:04I mean, constantly, throughout – priorities and setting – don't worry, it will – and

01:08now we know.

01:09We know that a Trump administration put judges in place that overturned Roe, and we're

01:14here to tell you never again.

01:16We are fighting back.

01:17We're looking forward.

01:18We're doing everything we can to protect women's rights, and we will be here to block

01:21anything that the Trump administration tries to do, but voters need to be aware of that.

WATCH: Patty Murray Warns Trump White House Will Outlaw Mifepristone

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