EMILYs List Statement on the Courts Blocking Abortion Access

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, the Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated the state’s deadly near-total abortion ban, halting a lower court’s decision to strike down the law after the preventable deaths of Candi Miller and Amber Thurman. This decision pushes almost all abortion care out of reach in the state of Georgia.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court left in place a decision today from the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that hospitals in Texas cannot be required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to perform emergency abortions due to the near-total abortion ban in place. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“This is what Trump and Republicans mean when they say abortion should be left to states. They don’t care about the will of the people. They want abortion banned — full stop.

“Our rights should not be based on the whims of the courts. In 29 days we get to decide the future for this country. By electing Democratic pro-choice champions like Kamala Harris all the way down ballot, we can protect our reproductive freedom so the courts don’t get control of our bodies, lives, and futures.”

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