‘We Cannot Let Them Do That’: Barbara Lee Denounces GOP Efforts To Ban Abortion Nationwide

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Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) spoke about reproductive rights during a press conference last week.

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00:00Thank you. Well, good morning,

00:10everyone. Let me first thank

00:12leader Jeffries, our co-chair

00:14of the pro-choice caucus, Diana

00:16DeGette for their bold

00:18leadership. I am a proud

00:20Democrat, and I'm so proud of

00:22our Democratic caucus. Thank

00:24you all very much for staying

00:26the course on this issue that

00:28really is about life or death.

00:30I'm so proud of all of you and

00:32with all of our incredible

00:34inspiring coalition partners

00:36doing the work on the ground.

00:38Two years ago, five extremist

00:40Supreme Court justices voted to

00:42take our country back decades

00:44and revoke a fundamental right

00:46of millions by overturning Roe.

00:49This is yet another attack on

00:52our democracy. Now millions of

00:54Americans of reproductive age

00:56are living without access to

00:58abortion care, suffering

01:00unbearable harm to their bodies

01:02and their lives. This

01:04anniversary, it's a stark

01:06reminder of the casualties in

01:08the GOP's war on reproductive

01:10freedom. But it also must be a

01:12call to action. It's a wake-up

01:14call, because this cannot

01:16continue. Tonight, the two

01:18candidates for president will

01:20debate for the first time in

01:22this election. I hope the

01:24country is paying attention not

01:26only to how they feel about

01:27abortion, but what they've

01:29actually done about it. From

01:31day one, the Biden

01:33administration has shown a

01:35clear and early commitment to

01:37sexual and reproductive health

01:39and rights. He has taken

01:41concrete actions to protect

01:43access to abortion, including

01:45medication abortion, the

01:47ability to travel for

01:49reproductive care, access to

01:51affordable quality

01:53contraception, safeguarding the

01:55privacy of women, and

01:57safeguarding the privacy of

01:59patients and health care

02:01providers and more. The

02:03extreme GOP and their allies

02:05on the Supreme Court could not

02:07be more opposite. They've

02:09continued an assault on

02:11reproductive freedom through

02:13harmful legislation at each

02:15level of government and in

02:17states across the nation. Let's

02:19be clear. Republicans are

02:21ready and eager to institute

02:23a national ban and create more

02:25suffering. We cannot let

02:27them do that. We cannot let

02:29GOP extremism continue to

02:31subvert the will of the

02:33people. As someone who had

02:35an unsafe and illegal

02:37abortion before Rome, we

02:39cannot allow this country

02:41to revert back to those

02:43days. The majority of

02:45Americans support the right

02:47to an abortion. Our caucus

02:49won't stop fighting until

02:51our laws reflect our

02:53democratic values and

02:55our own freedoms to make

02:57our own health care

02:59decisions without

03:01interference, mind you,

03:03from judges and elected

03:05officials. Thank you again.

03:07And now I'd like to

03:09yield to our woman

03:11warrior, Diana DeGette.

03:13Thank you.

‘We Cannot Let Them Do That’: Barbara Lee Denounces GOP Efforts To Ban Abortion Nationwide

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