Minnesota Democrats are delegitimizing the institution of the Supreme Court and urging their supporters to “take this fight” to Republicans in response to Friday’s historic ruling.
The U.S. Supreme Court voted Friday to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, sending the abortion issue back to the states.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion. “And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”
A draft opinion in the case was leaked to the media in May, which was followed by attacks on pro-life organizations across the country. One man was even arrested for attempting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
State Democrats reacted in fury to the ruling, with Rep. Ilhan Omar claiming it “will be recorded in the history books in the same nauseous tones as decisions like Dred Scott, Korematsu, Plessy, and Buck.”
Are decided by 9 unelected lawyers, serving decade after decade with as much a political agenda as my most partisan colleagues in the House?
Because make no mistake: SCOTUS is as much a political body as the House or Senate.
We just pretend it’s above all that.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 24, 2022
“How can a society function when the ultimate word on the rights of citizens … are decided by 9 unelected lawyers, serving decade after decade with as much a political agenda as my most partisan colleagues in the House?” she continued.
The Senate has a moral responsibility to abolish the filibuster and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to enshrine reproductive rights into law.
I won’t stop fighting to protect women’s freedom to control their bodies, lives, and futures.
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) June 24, 2022
Omar also called for abolishing the filibuster so that the U.S. Senate can pass federal abortion protections.
Sen. Tina Smith, a former Planned Parenthood executive, called for taking “this fight to the Republicans who made this happen.”
“This decision is an extraordinary betrayal not just of women but democracy itself,” she said in one tweet.
This decision is an extraordinary betrayal not just of women but democracy itself.
— Senator Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) June 24, 2022
“We don’t need to pretend that Supreme Court decisions are anything but the will of 6 Republican activists in black robes,” the senator claimed in another.
Right wing activists in robes. https://t.co/pst21H9dMJ
— Senator Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) June 24, 2022
Despite the decision, abortion will remain legal in many states, including Minnesota, thanks to a 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court decision called Doe v. Gomez.
Pro-life centers across the country were
Here’s how other Democrats from across the state are reacting:
I know you are afraid, I am afraid too. Our only way through this is together. Take care of yourselves, take care of your spirit. We will continue fighting for reproductive rights for all.
— Peggy Flanagan (@peggyflanagan) June 24, 2022
The round of applause that erupted from one side of the House floor celebrating the withdrawal of American women’s right to make their own decisions was a dark, damaging, and dangerous moment in our nation’s history. It cannot stand.
— Rep. Dean Phillips 🇺🇸 (@RepDeanPhillips) June 24, 2022
Within 24 terrible hours, six people on the Supreme Court afforded rights to men with guns and stripped rights from women with a uterus.
— Rep. Dean Phillips 🇺🇸 (@RepDeanPhillips) June 24, 2022
My wife & I had to fight for our right to become a family under the law, & we will never stop fighting if this activist Supreme Court takes our freedoms away.
This is an attack on privacy, on freedom, on American families. We will not let the GOP take our country backwards. https://t.co/KUakzdIABz
— Angie Craig (@AngieCraigMN) June 24, 2022
This attack on women and our fundamental rights is a direct result of the right-wing, Trump-appointed Supreme Court. #WeWontGoBack #BansOffOurBodies pic.twitter.com/KjxH2upmtp
— Rep. Betty McCollum (@BettyMcCollum04) June 24, 2022
I know Minnesotans share the fear and pain people across the country are feeling. But we never back down from a challenge. Today and every day, I stand with Minnesotans in the fight to protect access to reproductive health care and abortion.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) June 24, 2022
This opinion doesn’t bring us back to the 1950s. It brings us back to the 1850s.
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) June 24, 2022
Anthony Gockowski
Anthony Gockowski is Editor-in-Chief of Alpha News. He previously worked as an editor for The Minnesota Sun and Campus Reform, and wrote for the Daily Caller.
