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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) vowed to “defy” the Supreme Court after it overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, telling protesters in Washington, D.C., that the decision won’t stop women from obtaining abortions.
Waters appeared outside the Supreme Court building as a massive crowd gathered in response to the ruling, joining other Democratic lawmakers who voiced their support for codifying abortion rights and expanding the court.
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“You ain’t seen nothing yet,” Waters said just feet away from court. “Women are going to control their bodies no matter how they try and stop us. The hell with the Supreme Court. We will defy them. Women will be in control of their bodies. And if they think black women are intimidated or afraid, they got another thought coming.”
Several liberal lawmakers appeared at the Supreme Court on Friday with renewed calls to expand the court, pejoratively called “packing the court” by critics, a move that proponents argue would counteract a conservative high court stacked with three of former President Donald Trump’s picks, and codify abortion rights after the Supreme Court released its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday, which reversed Roe and ended nationwide access to abortion.
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The ruling also renewed calls to end the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster, which would enable senators in a Democratic-controlled chamber to pass more liberal policy goals despite slim majorities.
