The Supreme Court' decision Roe overturn Roe v. Wade has prompted Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to call for a special session on reproductive rights.
Lightfoot: Supreme Court decision 'unfathomable and devastating'"It's a dark day in America for people who care about civil rights and equal justice under the law. The Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark legislation that has paved the way for people in need of reproductive care to access safe abortions for the past 50 years, is unfathomable and devastating.
"The bottom line: on critical, personal choices involving a woman's right to make reproductive decisions about her own body, do you trust her or the government? The Supreme Court now says a woman's right to privacy does not extend to the most personal, private choice she will ever face.Peter Breen, from the Chicago-based conservative public interest law firm Thomas More Society, reacts to the Supreme Court's abortion ruling.
"This decision will cost lives. Overturning Roe does not mean that there won't be abortions. It simply means that in many states, there won't be safe abortions. "This Supreme Court this morning recklessly stripped the constitutional right to abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade from millions of people in this country. People in nearly half of the states across the country are likely to lose the right to make fundamental decisions over their own body very soon. This is cruel and will disproportionately impact people of color and those economically disadvantaged.
"The Catholic Church brings to such a conversation the conviction that every human life is sacred, that every person is made in the image and likeness of God and therefore deserving of reverence and protection. That belief is the reason the Catholic Church is the country's largest provider of social services, many aimed at eliminating the systemic poverty and health care insecurity that trap families in a cycle of hopelessness and limit authentic choice.
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