,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #bh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(      
,,repres5tatives  ,janu>y #aa1 #bjbc,mr4
 ,espaillat 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,payne1    
,ms4 ,cl>ke ( ,new ,york1 ,ms4          
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,m\lton1  
,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,g>ca ( ,ill9ois1 ,ms4
 ,williams ( ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,mull91 ,mr4
 ,connolly1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4        
,cleav]1 ,ms4 ,b>ragn1 ,mr4 ,?an$>1 ,ms4
 ,s*ak[sky1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,m5g1  
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,davis ( ,ill9ois1    
,mr4 ,higg9s ( ,new ,york1 ,mr4         
,got!im]1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,/ev5s1   
,ms4 ,tokuda1 ,mr4 ,c>son1 ,ms4 ,*u1    
,mr4 ,kri%namoor?i1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,ms4   
,titus1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,b[man1 
,mr4 ,blum5au]1 ,ms4 ,l(gr51 ,mrs4      
,hayes1 & ,mrs4 ,*]filus-,mc,cormick7   
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y1 &
 9 addition to ! ,committee on ,en]gy & 
,comm]ce1 = a p]iod to be subsequ5tly   
det]m9$ by ! ,speak]1 9 ea* case =      
consid]ation ( su* provisions z fall )9 

! jurisdiction ( ! committee conc]n$    
,,resolution  ,condemn+ ! ,supreme      
,c\rt's decision to ov]turn ,roe v4     
,wade & ,plann$ ,p>5?ood v4 ,casey &    
committ+ to advanc+ reproductive ju/ice 
& judicial re=m4  ,:]eas1 9 ,plann$     
,p>5?ood v4 ,casey1 ! ,supreme ,c\rt    
held t-- 7#a7 ,ov]rul+ ,roe's c5tral    
hold+ w\ld n only rea* an unju/ifiable  
result "u />e decisis pr9ciples1 b w\ld 
s]i\sly weak5 ! ,c\rt's capacity to     
ex]cise ! judicial p[] & to function z !
 ,supreme ,c\rt ( a ,nation d$icat$ to !
 rule ( law2  7#b7 ,roe det]m9$ t a     
woman's decision to t]m9ate h] pregnancy
 is a lib]ty protect$ aga9/ ,/ate       
int]f]5ce by ! sub/antive compon5t ( !  
,due ,process ,clause ( ! ,f\rte5?      
,am5dm5t4 ,nei!r ! ,bill ( ,rights nor !
 specific practices ( ,/ates at ! "t ( !
 ,f\rte5? ,am5dm5t's adoption m>ks !    
out] limits ( ! sub/antive sph]e ( su*  
lib]ty4 ,r1 ! adjudication ( sub/antive 
due process claims may require ?is ,c\rt
 to ex]cise its reason$ judgm5t 9       

det]m9+ ! b\nd>ies betwe5 ! individual's
 lib]ty & ! dem&s ( organiz$ society2 & 
7#c7 ,! ability ( wom5 to p>ticipate    
equally 9 ! economic & social life ( !  
,nation has be5 facilitat$ by _! ability
 to control _! reproductive lives4 ,!   
,con/itution s]ves human values1 & :ile 
! effect ( reliance on ,roe _c be       
exactly measur$1 nei!r c ! c]ta9 co/s ( 
ov]rul+ ,roe = p :o h ord]$ _! ?9k+ &   
liv+ ar\nd t case be dismiss$2 ,:]eas x 
is tempt+ to suppose t ! ,due ,process  
,clause protects only ^? practices1     
def9$ at ! mo/ specific level1 t 7      
protect$ aga9/ gov]nm5t int]f]5ce by o!r
 rules ( law :5 ! ,f\rte5? ,am5dm5t 0   
ratifi$ ''' ,b su* a view w\ld be       
inconsi/5t ) our law4 ,x is a promise ( 
! ,con/itution t !re is a realm (       
p]sonal lib]ty :i* ! gov]nm5t may n     
ent]4 ,we h v9dicat$ ?is pr9ciple be=e4 
,m>riage is m5tion$ n[h]e 9 ! ,bill (   
,rights & int]racial m>riage 0 illegal 9
 mo/ ,/ates 9 ! #ai? c5tury1 b ! ,c\rt 0
 no d\bt correct 9 f9d+ x to be an      

aspect ( lib]ty protect$ aga9/ ,/ate    
int]f]5ce by ! sub/antive compon5t ( !  
,due ,process ,clause 9 ,lov+ v4        
,virg9ia2 ,:]eas1 9 ,dobbs v4 ,jackson  
,wom5's ,heal? ,organization1 ! ,supreme
 ,c\rt presid$ ov] a *all5ge to a #bjah 
,mississippi law t bans virtually all   
abortions aft] ! #ae? week ( pregnancy2 
,:]eas1 dur+ oral argum5ts 9 ,dobbs v4  
,jackson ,wom5's ,heal? ,organization1  
,ju/ice ,sonia ,sotomayor1 poignantly & 
correctly /at$1 ,w ?is in/itution !     
,supreme ,c\rt survive ! /5* t ?is      
creates 9 ! public p]ception t !        
con/itution & its read+ are j political 
acts8,i don't see h[ x is possible2     
,:]eas1 on ,june #bd1 #bjbb1 ! ,supreme 
,c\rt issu$ its hold+ 9 ,dobbs v4       
,jackson ,wom5's ,heal? ,organization by
 hold+ t-- 7#a7 ! ,con/itution does n   
conf] a "r to abortion2 ,roe & ,casey   
are ov]rul$2 & ! au?ority to regulate   
abortion is return$ to ! p & _! elect$  
repres5tatives2  7#b7 a re/rictive /&>d 
applies = sub/antive due process rights 

"u ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,con/itution by only 
recogniz+ rights deeply root$ 9 our     
hi/ory & tradition & implicit 9 !       
concept ( ord]$ lib]ty2 &  7#c7 a       
,/ate's regulation ( abortion is n a    
sex-bas$ classification & is ?us n      
subject to ! height5$ scrut9y t applies 
to su* classifications2 ,:]eas ,ju/ice  
,cl>5ce ,?omas's concurr+ op9ion 9      
,dobbs v4 ,jackson ,wom5's ,heal?       
,organization urges ! ,supreme ,c\rt to 
reconsid] all ''' sub/antive due process
 prec$5ts1 includ+ ,griswold1 ,lawr5ce1 
& ,ob]gefell4 ,because any sub/antive   
due process decision is demon/rably     
errone\s2 ,:]eas ,ju/ice ,brey]1 ,ju/ice
 ,sotomayor1 & ,ju/ice ,kagan issu$ a   
diss5t+ op9ion 9 ,dobbs v4 ,jackson     
,wom5's ,heal? ,organization1 /at+--    
7#a7 = half a c5tury1 ,roe v4 ,wade &   
,plann$ ,p>5?ood ( ,s\!a/]n ,pa4 v4     
,casey1 h protect$ ! lib]ty & equality (
 wom52  7#b7 ,roe held1 & ,casey        
reaffirm$1 t ! ,con/itution safegu>ds a 
woman's "r to decide = h]self :e!r to   

be> a *ild2  7#c7 ,! gov]nm5t c\ld n    
control a woman's body or ! c\rse ( a   
woman's life3 ,x c\ld n det]m9e :at !   
woman's future w\ld be2  7#d7 ,respect+ 
a woman z an autonom\s be+1 & grant+ h] 
full equality1 meant giv+ h] sub/antial 
*oice ov] ?is mo/ p]sonal & mo/         
consequ5tial ( all life decisions2  7#e7
 ! ,supreme ,c\rt's majority today1 says
 t f ! v mom5t ( f]tilization1 a woman  
has no rights to speak (4 ,a ,/ate c =ce
 h] to br+ a pregnancy to t]m1 ev5 at ! 
/eepe/ p]sonal & familial co/s4 ,an     
abortion re/riction1 ! majority holds1  
is p]missible :5ev] rational1 ! l[e/    
level ( scrut9y kn[n to ! law4 ,&       
because1 z ! ,c\rt has (t5 /at$1        
protect+ fetal life is rational1 ,/ates 
w feel free to enact all mann] (        
re/rictions2  7#f7 ,! ,mississippi law  
at issue "h b>s abortions aft] ! #ae?   
week ( pregnancy4 ,"u ! majority's rul+1
 ?\gh1 ano!r ,/ate's law c\ld d s aft]  
t5 weeks1 or five or ?ree or "o--or1    
aga91 f ! mom5t ( f]tilization2  7#g7   

,"s ,/ates h enact$ laws ext5d+ to all  
=ms ( abortion proc$ure1 includ+ tak+   
m$ication 9 "o's own home4 ,!y h pass$  
laws )\t any exceptions = :5 ! woman is 
! victim ( rape or ince/4 ,"u ^? laws1 a
 woman w h to be> h] rapi/'s *ild or a  
"y girl h] fa!r's--no matt] if do+ s w  
de/roy h] life4 ,s too1 aft] today's    
rul+1 "s ,/ates may compel wom5 to c>ry 
to t]m a fetus ) sev]e physical         
anomalies ''' ,/ates may ev5 argue t a  
prohibition on abortion ne$ make no     
provision = protect+ a woman f risk (   
dea? or physical h>m4 ,across a va/     
array ( circum/ances1 a ,/ate w be able 
to impose its moral *oice on a woman &  
co]ce h] to give bir? to a *ild2  7#h7  
,a ,/ate c ( c\rse impose crim9al       
p5alties on abortion provid]s1 includ+  
l5g?y prison s5t5ces4 ,b "s ,/ates w n  
/op !re4 ,p]haps1 9 ! wake ( today's    
decision1 a ,/ate law w crim9alize !    
woman's conduct too1 inc>c]at+ or f9+ h]
 = d>+ to seek or obta9 an abortion4 ,& 
z ,texas has rec5tly %[n1 a ,/ate c turn

 neighbor aga9/ neighbor1 enli/+ fell[  
citiz5s 9 ! ef=t to root out anyone :o  
tries to get an abortion1 or to assi/   
ano!r 9 do+ s2  7#i7 ,aft] ?is decision1
 "s ,/ates may block wom5 f travel+ out 
( ,/ate to obta9 abortions1 or ev5 f    
receiv+ abortion m$ications f out (     
,/ate4 ,"s may crim9alize ef=ts1 includ+
 ! provision ( in=mation or fund+1 to   
help wom5 ga9 access to o!r ,/ates'     
abortion s]vices2  7#aj7 ,mo/ ?reat5+ ( 
all1 no language 9 today's decision /ops
 ! ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t f prohibit+         
abortions nationwide1 once aga9 f !     
mom5t ( conception & )\t exceptions =   
rape or ince/2  7#aa7 ,:atev] ! exact   
scope ( ! com+ laws1 "o result ( today's
 decision is c]ta93 ! curtailm5t (      
wom5's rights1 & ( _! /atus z free &    
equal citiz5s2  7#ab7 ,accord+ to !     
majority1 no lib]ty int]e/ is           
pres5t--because 7& only because7 ! law  
(f]$ no protection to ! woman's *oice 9 
! #ai? c5tury4 ,b "h is ! rub4 ,! law   
also did n !n 7& w\ld n = ages7 protect 

a weal? ( o!r ?+s4 ,x did n protect !   
rights recogniz$ 9 ,lawr5ce & ,ob]gefell
 to same-sex intimacy & m>riage4 ,x did 
n protect ! "r recogniz$ 9 ,lov+ to m>ry
 across racial l9es4 ,x did n protect ! 
"r recogniz$ 9 ,griswold to             
contraceptive use4 ,= t matt]1 x did n  
protect ! "r recogniz$ 9 ,sk9n] v4      
,oklahoma ex rel4 ,williamson ''' n to  
be /]iliz$ )\t cons5t4 ,s if ! majority 
is "r 9 its legal analysis1 all ^?      
decisions 7 wrong1 & all ^? matt]s      
prop]ly belong to ! ,/ates too--:atev] !
 p>ticul> ,/ate int]e/s involv$4 ,& if t
 is true1 x is impossible to und]/& 7z a
 matt] ( logic & pr9ciple7 h[ ! majority
 c say t its op9ion today does n        
?reat5--does n ev5 und]m9e--any numb] ( 
o!r con/itutional rights2  7#ac7        
,today's decision1 tak5 on its own1 is  
cata/rophic en\gh4 ,z a matt] (         
con/itutional me?od1 ! majority's       
commitm5t to replicate 9 #bjbb e view   
ab\t ! mean+ ( lib]ty held 9 #ahfh has  
preci\s little to recomm5d x4 ,our law 9

 ?is con/itutional sph]e1 z 9 mo/1 has =
 decades ^u decades proce$$ diff]5tly4  
,x has consid]$ fundam5tal con/itutional
 pr9ciples1 ! :ole c\rse ( ! ,nation's  
hi/ory & traditions1 & ! /ep-by-/ep     
evolution ( ! ,c\rt's prec$5ts4 ,x is   
discipl9$ b n /atic4 ,x relies on       
accumulat$ judgm5ts1 n j ! s5tim5ts ( "o
 long-ago g5]ation ( m5 7:o !mselves    
believ$1 & draft$ ! ,con/itution to     
reflect1 t ! _w progresses74 ,& by do+  
s1 x includes ^? exclud$ f t old5       
conv]sation1 r ?an p]petuat+ its b\nds2 
7#ad7 ,! legitimacy ( ! ,c\rt is e>n$   
ov] "t ''' x c be de/roy$ mu* m quickly2
  7#ae7 ,! ,am]ican public ''' %\ld nev]
 conclude t its con/itutional           
protections hung by a ?read--t a new    
majority1 adh]+ to a new doctr9al s*ool1
 c\ld by d9t ( numb]s alone expunge _!  
rights ''' ,x is h>d--no1 x is          
impossible--to conclude t any?+ else has
 happ5$ "h2 &  7#af7 ,) sorr[--= ?is    
,c\rt1 b m1 = ! _m millions ( ,am]ican  
wom5 :o h today lo/ a fundam5tal        

con/itutional protection--we diss5t2    
,:]eas ! ,supreme ,c\rt's hold+ 9 ,dobbs
 v4 ,jackson ,wom5's ,heal?             
,organization places o!r fundam5tal     
human rights1 su* z ! "r to             
contraception1 int]racial m>riage1 &    
same-sex m>riage at risk2 ,:]eas !      
,supreme ,c\rt's hold+ 9 ,dobbs v4      
,jackson ,wom5's ,heal? ,organization   
/rips millions ( wom5 ( _! /atus z free 
& equal memb]s ( society1 & has a       
corrosive impact on society1 = example--
 7#a7 accord+ to ! ,_w ,heal?           
,organization1 lack ( access to safe1   
af=dable1 timely & respectful abortion  
c>e1 & ! /igma associat$ ) abortion1    
pose risks to wom5's physical & m5tal   
well-be+ ?r\gh\t _! life2  7#b7         
approximately #fd1jjj1jjj wom5 & girls (
 reproductive age live 9 ! ,unit$       
,/ates1 & m ?an half ( !m live 9 ,/ates 
t c\ld seek to ban or fur!r re/rict     
access to abortion n[ t ! ,supreme ,c\rt
 ov]turn$ ,roe & ,casey2  7#c7 ev]yone  
risks los+ access to abortion 9 #bh     

,/ates1 b ^? :o are m likely to get !   
proc$ure include wom5 ( color1 9 "p     
because ( unequal access to             
opportunities l heal? c>e1 jobs1        
education1 & h\s+2  7#d7 undocum5t$ wom5
 w be disproportionately impact$ by     
re/rictions on abortions z !y w n be    
able to travel to seek abortion s]vices2
  7#e7 wom5 liv+ 9 pov]ty or on l[]     
incomes w be disproportionately impact$ 
by re/rictions on abortions1 z mo/ wom5 
gett+ abortions are liv+ 9 pov]ty2  7#f7
 transg5d] & g5d] non-b9>y 7,,tgnb7     
individuals w be impact$1 z ! ,guttma*] 
,in/itute f\nd t approximately #ejj     
,,tgnb individuals obta9$ abortions 9   
#bjag2  7#g7 m$ication abortion acc\nt$ 
= #ed p]c5t ( all ,unit$ ,/ates         
abortions 9 #bjbj1 an increase f #ci    
p]c5t 9 #bjag1 accord+ to ! ,guttma*]   
,in/itute2  7#h7 #ai ,/ates prohibit    
pills f be+ prescrib$ by telem$ic9e or  
deliv]$ ?r\gh ! mail1 & #i additional   
,/ates are propos+ to d ! same2  7#i7 ! 
,am]ican ,college ( ,ob/etricians &     

,gynecologi/s e/imates t misc>riage is !
 mo/ common =m ( pregnancy loss1 z _m z 
#bf p]c5t ( all pregnancies end 9       
misc>riage & accord+ to reports1        
misc>riages & abortions are (t5         
cl9ically indi/+ui%able2 &  7#aj7       
reports f9d t m$ical provid]s :o treat  
pregnancy-relat$ issues1 includ+        
misc>riages1 fe> p]=m+ any proc$ure t c 
be classifi$ z an abortion--ev5 :ile !  
proc$ures rema9 legal1 risk+ be+        
prosecut$1 hav+ _! lic5ses revok$1 or   
be+ ?r[n 9 jail2 & ,:]eas1 on ,june #bc1
 #bjbb1 ,gallup f\nd t public confid5ce 
9 ! ,supreme ,c\rt has sunk to a hi/oric
 l[ ( #be p]c5t3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t !  
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 condemns 
! re/less & newly con/itut$ ,supreme    
,c\rt's hold+ 9 ,dobbs v4 ,jackson      
,wom5's ,heal? ,organization2  7#b7     
commits to utiliz+ con/itutional        
au?orities provid$ to ,congress "u      
,article ,,iii ( ! ,con/itution to enact
 judicial re=m1 help+ reassure public   
confid5ce 9 ! ,supreme ,c\rt s t x is n 

view$ z a p>tisan in/itution2  7#c7     
commits to ensur+ t ,f$]al law advances 
reproductive ju/ice1 recogniz+ t access 
to abortion con/itutes access to heal?  
c>e z a fundam5tal lib]ty ( all human   
be+s2  7#d7 commits to protect+         
communities t w be disproportionately   
impact$ by ! hold+ 9 ,dobbs v4 ,jackson 
,wom5's ,heal? ,organization1 includ+   
wom5 ( color1 undocum5t$ wom51 wom5 liv+
 9 pov]ty1 ,,lgbtqia individuals1 g5d]  
noncon=m+ individuals1 & individuals )  
disabilities2 &  7#e7 urges ! executive 
bran* to utilize con/itutional          
au?orities & a :ole-(-gov]nm5t approa*  
to advance reproductive ju/ice4