‘I Will Continue The Fight For Reproductive Freedom’: Rep Tommy Vitolo

BROOKLINE, MA — Brookline Rep. Tommy Vitolo has spoken out against a draft Supreme Court decision that lays out a legal case to overturn two key abortion decisions: Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

The draft, which was published by POLITICO Monday night, shows that the court is on the path toward rescinding abortion access, which would lead to it being outlawed in many states.

However, Massachusetts is one of several states with a state law protecting abortion access and tate lawmakers recently expanded access to the medical after a veto by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker. Now, many local lawmakers are taking to social media to voice their support of reproductive rights.

"This is a horrible, horrible decision,” Vitolo said in a Tweet Monday night. "It treats women as second-class citizens. It is the product of McConell's refusal to abide by the Constitution and Trumpist zealots that the Republican majority rubber-stamped into lifelong judicial appointments.”

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According to the Guttmacher Institute, more than a dozen states could ban abortion instantly if Roe v. Wade was overturned. Every state in New England, except New Hampshire, as well as New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware have similar state-level abortion protections, according to a Washington Post analysis.

"I will continue the fight for reproductive freedom, here in #Brookline, here in Massachusetts, here in America,” Vitolo said in a follow-up Tweet.

"As long as abortion access is restricted in other states, I will fight to ensure that Massachusetts' pro-choice stance is strong and made available to out-of-staters,” he continued.

POLITICO highlighted that the draft decision is preliminary and subject to change due to internal Supreme Court deliberations.