A Democratic senator predicted there could be a revolution if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a supporter of widespread access to abortion, predicted a “revolution,” particularly among young people who would find judicial action striking down the legal precedent “not acceptable.”
“I hope the Supreme Court is listening to the people of the United States because … I think if you want to see a revolution, go ahead, outlaw Roe v. Wade and see what the response is of the public, particularly young people,” Shaheen said during a virtual event Monday hosting New Hampshire’s congressional representatives as they met with family planning providers. “Because I think that will not be acceptable to young women or young men.”
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.@SenatorShaheen on new abortion restrictions going into effect in N.H. & the upcoming Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case: “I think if you want to see a revolution, go ahead, outlaw Roe v. Wade and see what the response is…” #NHPolitics #WMUR pic.twitter.com/O7weoVuOSk
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Shaheen’s remarks came after a question about whether the debate over abortion was “muted” because most people alive today only know life post-Roe. The 74-year-old senator said the topic mattered to her because she experienced a world before the Roe v. Wade ruling, which found a constitutional right to privacy that extends to those seeking abortions.
“I’ve lived the consequences of the pre-Roe era,” Shaheen said. “I had friends in college who were forced to seek dangerous back-alley abortions because women across the country were denied access to critical family planning services.”
“We cannot allow Republican lawmakers to turn back the clock on women’s reproductive health and rights, which is precisely what the Mississippi case seeks to do,” she continued. “It is time to sound the alarm.”
Despite concerns from the Left about the vulnerability of the Roe ruling due to the composition of a Supreme Court, on which six out of nine justices were appointed by Republican presidents, several of the GOP-appointed justices have expressed support for legal precedent and have suggested Roe may be viewed as settled law.
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Roe v. Wade has become the focus of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case involving abortion laws in Mississippi. The case is anticipated to provide a legal challenge to Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson on Wednesday.
