The hearing, titled, “A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences of the Dobbs Decision,” focused on the legal concerns nationwide after the high court’s decision to send abortion rights back to the states.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday focused on the legal concerns nationwide after the Supreme Court voted to overturnDemocrats made the case that women may have to "weigh the risk of jail time" if they're facing pregnancy complications, while Republicans focused on the need to protect Supreme Court justices, anti-abortion rights institutions and pregnancy centers from possible violent attacks in response to the Illinois Lt. Gov.
In his opening remarks, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., outlined the possinle consequences of the Supreme court’s ruling that ended the constitutional right to an abortion. Grassley focused some of his opening statement on the need to protect Supreme Court justices, anti-abortion rights institutions and pregnancy centers from possible violent attacks in response to theA recent memo from the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence arm said that domestic violent extremism is “likely” in response to the Supreme Court’s decision. Government officials, including Supreme Court justices, are likely those most at risk, the memo said.
Lt. Gov. Stratton highlighted the role Illiinois plays as an “island of reproductive care” in the Midwest. In Illinois, abortion remains legal as a result of Democratic Governor JB Pritzker signing the Reproductive Health Act enshrining reproductive rights into Illinois“I come before you today because people throughout the entire Midwest are relying on our commitment to protect and preserve women’s rights — namely the right to an abortion,” said Stratton in her testimony.
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