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I am grateful to everybody who has come before me. The abortion providers who have paved the way and stood
up for what is right even when it is not easy. And the activists demanding dignity
and justice whose shoulders I stand on today - thank you. Forty-three years after Roe v
Wade we're asking the same questions, we're fighting the same fight. All the abortion
rights and legal access in the world don't matter in the slightest if we
don't have abortion access on the ground. So I'm here today hoping that
the court can make the right decision and hoping that these laws going on in
Texas won't set any precedent for the rest of the country. We are fighting for
the day when all the women have access to compassionate reproductive health care
like we provide at our Whole Woman's Health Clinics. We are fighting for a better world for all of us. It's abundantly clear that this is not a fight over
abortion. Abortion is a medical procedure. It is basic health care.
This is a clash of world views. On one side are people
who believe that women should be empowered to make our own decisions. To control our own destinies, to be full participants in society and civic engagement.
However far you traveled, however tough it was, for most of you coming here today was nothing compared to what a woman in Texas goes through to get an abortion.
If the Supreme Court does not put an end to H.B. 2, Texas women will continue to suffer.
And make no mistake - what happens in Texas will not stay in Texas.
We stand here to affirm that women are good.
We stand to affirm that women are moral and kind.
To affirm that when a woman has decided to end a pregnancy
We can witness her dreams and her aspirations
and affirm that she is put on this earth to see them out and act on her own gifts.
That is the world we stand for and that is the world we will create together.