‘We Will Not Go Quietly’: Rep. Katherine Clark On Roe V. Wade

WALTHAM, MA — Rep. Katherine Clark, who represents Waltham and the rest of Massachusetts’ Fifth Congressional District, 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 devastating,” Clark said in a Tweet Monday night. "Overturning #Roe would create a second class of citizens & make the dystopian horrors of forced pregnancy a reality, especially for low-income women. But that is exactly the goal: to take away our rights, agency, and humanity. We will not go quietly."

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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.

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