Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing to strip the Supreme Court of its ability to rule on abortion altogether — as well as marriage equality, sex and contraception.
As stories of the vast amounts of suffering caused by abortion bans are piling up, a group of House Democrats is calling on congressional leaders to support a push to strip the Supreme Court of its ability to rule on abortion — as well as marriage equality, sex and contraception — altogether.
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Mondaire Jones and eight others sent a letter to Democratic leaders this week, asking them to lend their support to the idea. They say that the move is crucial — not only to potentially protect abortion rights, but also to protect rights like gay marriage, which the Supreme Court has indicated are next on the chopping block.
“We write to urge your support for restricting the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction in the areas of abortion, marriage equality, non-procreative intimacy, and contraception,” the . “In doing so, we can ensure that, as Congress takes legislative action to codify each of these fundamental rights, a radical, restless, and newly constituted majority on the Court cannot further undermine the protections we would enact.”Roe v. Wade
, the letter writers said that Congress has a chance to fight back. Though it’s a long shot, Democrats in Congress are aiming to unite; in order to ensure that such a move would be effective, it is necessary for the legislative branch to pre-empt far right attacks on the bill and bar the Supreme Court from being able to overturn it.
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