EMILYs List Statement on Republican Party’s Abortion Platform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday a Republican National Committee panel endorsed a platform that attempts to disguise the party’s extremist stance on abortion and agenda to pass a national abortion ban ahead of next week’s Republican National Convention. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“This platform on abortion is meant to trick voters — plain and simple. Republicans know they can’t win this election without deceiving Americans, so they are disguising their true agenda to ban everything from abortion to birth control to IVF. To be clear: By referencing the 14th Amendment, Republicans are laying the groundwork to enforce a national abortion ban through the courts. Voters won’t fall for it.

“Thanks to Donald Trump and his Republican allies, millions of Americans are already living without access to critical health care. And this horrifying reality will pale in comparison to a Republican-controlled White House and Congress. At EMILYs List, we know that the best way to protect and restore our rights is to reelect the Biden-Harris administration and elect more of the Democratic pro-choice women, like Vice President Kamala Harris, who will fight fiercely to restore the bodily autonomy that Donald Trump has stripped away from us.”

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