Tag: Roe v. Wade

Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA 26th District) — 53 Years Since Roe v. Wade

by Community Contributor • January 26, 2026 • Comments Off

This week marks 53 years since the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, a decision that reshaped our nation by affirming women’s autonomy over their bodies and their futures. In 2022, that progress was reversed when the Supreme Court overturned Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson — stripping away a fundamental freedom that generations of women relied upon.

The Dobbs decision was an attack on women’s rights and on the freedom to make deeply personal health care decisions without government interference

Policies implemented by President Trump and Republicans in Congress have only exacerbated this attack, further gutting reproductive freedom and dismantling critical health care protections for women across the country.

U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley — Roe v. Wade

by Community Contributor • July 3, 2022 • Comments Off

Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States took unprecedented, deeply disappointing, ideologically-driven action to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision protecting the right to safe and legal abortion…

Rep. Julia Brownley — Celebrating 49 Years of Roe, Protecting Reproductive Health

by Community Contributor • January 24, 2022 • Comments Off

(Jan. 22) marks 49 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, one of the court’s most consequential decisions of the 20th Century. This landmark decision ensures the right to legal and safe abortion and safeguards everyone’s right to bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom.

In Congress, I have worked to uphold the legal right to abortion established under Roe v. Wade and pass critical legislation like the Women’s Health Protection Act to defend and expand access to reproductive health care and protect the right to abortion for all Americans.

The threat to the right to choose is in danger as state legislatures throughout the country seek to diminish access to abortion, which exacerbate racial and economic injustices that harm women, families, and communities. Abortion coverage bans are discriminatory policies that target people of color and young people, who deserve agency over their own bodies. That is why I voted for the House Majority’s funding bill that provides increased funding for family planning and repeals the dangerous Hyde Amendment.