Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a press conference on June 24, 2022 at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC, after the U.S. Supreme Court withdrew the Roe v. Wade case, which guaranteed women’s right to abortion. I finished.
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Senator Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that after the Supreme Court overturned the groundbreaking Roe v. Wade case, Democrats at the Chamber of Commerce protected personal data stored in reproductive medicine apps and traveled freely between states. He said he was seeking a law to secure his rights and systematize his rights to abortion.
Ideas Pelosi raised for fellow house Democrats In a letter dated Monday,Continue Court ruling On Friday, he overturned the right to abortion for almost 50 years in the United States. This decision has since generated national anger from supporters of access to abortion.
“This weekend, Americans spoke directly and to many about their opposition to the Supreme Court’s disrespect for women’s freedom of reproductive health,” Pelosi of the Democratic Party of California wrote. “This radical Supreme Court is working to punish and rule the American people, but Democrats must continue our fight to expand America’s freedom.”
Her letter provided three early ideas that the Democratic Party is considering in response to the ruling.
The first approach is to protect “women’s most intimate and personal data” stored in reproductive health apps. “There are many fears, and this information could be used against women by ominous prosecutors who criminalize abortion,” Pelosi wrote.
With such apps, including the Flo of Flo Health, women can track menstruation and prepare for pregnancy, pregnancy, early motherhood and menopause. The company didn’t immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment, but according to the fact sheet released by the company, as of May 2020, about 32 million people were using the app each month, and 12 million people were using the platform. Was pregnant.
The second idea is to pass a law that repeats the constitutional right to travel freely throughout the United States to ensure that residents of states that prohibit abortion can take steps to permit abortion.
Third, under the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Women’s Health Protection Act..
It is unlikely that such legislation will reach President Joe Biden to sign the law. Because it faces persistent opposition from the Senate Republicans.
Current Senate rules stipulate that the majority party needs to collect 60 votes to overcome the indefinite filibuster staged by the minority opposition. Vice President Kamala Harris is the main tiebreaker, as the Democratic Party has a very thin majority in the 50-50 split of the Senate, and the bill needs to win 60 votes.
Pelosi acknowledged those long odds in her letter, but argued that Democrats should consider abolishing the filibuster rule altogether.
“It is imperative to protect and expand the pro-majority in the House and Senate in November to eliminate filibuster and restore the fundamental rights of women and the freedom of all Americans.” She is writing.
Apart from eliminating filibuster, Democrats have few legislative options available to counter the High Court’s decision to overturn previous judgments.
Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell told voters in his home state of Kentucky that the Republicans and Democrats are far apart in a bipartisan compromise.
“Most things in the Senate require 60 votes,” he said. “Neither side of the matter can approach 60 votes, so I think it’s likely that all of this will be filed and dealt with in different states across the country.”
