The right to choose

Last month, the Supreme Court announced a Dec. 1 date to hear arguments on a Mississippi law that limits reproductive freedom with no exception for rape or incest.

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Mississippi law, the consequences would not only potentially harm the ability of self-determination for millions, but also embolden anti-choice advocates.

As the four women chairs of our respective caucuses at the Democratic National Committee, we believe it is vital we rise collectively to speak up in defense of reproductive freedom and to encourage the Supreme Court to reinforce what we know to be a constitutional right.

We cannot stay silent. We cannot be passive. There is too much at stake.

For the past Republicans and 50 their years,

antichoice allies have made it their mission to attack the legal protections granted by

Roe v. Wade. The recently implemented Texas law

Senate Bill 8 and the Supreme

Court's unwillingness to issue an injunction to prevent its implementation proves reproductive healthcare access is on the line.

And it's not just Texas Republican legislators all over the country are on a mission to gut reproductive rights, with more than 500 abortion restrictions introduced across 47 states this year alone.

A strong majority of

Americans support access to safe, legal reproductive health care, but Republicans in legislatures all around the country have made clear that they Republicans from completely will put their extremist, dangerous dismantling reproductive care political agenda over in this country. justice and the reproductive If the Supreme Court were health of Americans. Yet, Roe to approve Mississippi's law, protections have prevented Republican legislatures would

‘‘We are challenging Republicans up and down the ballot to reject their party's antichoice agenda and have made significant steps to strengthen reproductive health care, beginning with the House's recent passage of the Democratic bill.”