WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

“Let’s be very clear, the health and life of women across this nation are now at risk. (Today is) a sad day for the court and the country.”

President Joe Biden

“Millions of Americans have spent half a century praying, marching and working toward today’s historic victories for the rule of law and for innocent life.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

“(The ruling fulfills the Republican Party’s) dark and extreme goal of ripping away women’s right to make their own reproductive health decisions.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “Now that Roe v. Wade has been consigned to the ash heap of history, a new arena in the cause of life has emerged, and it is incumbent on all who cherish the sanctity of life to resolve that we will take the defense of the unborn and the support for women in crisis pregnancy centers to every state in America.” Former Vice President Mike Pence

“This is following the Constitution, and giving rights back when they should have been given long ago. I think, in the end, this is something that will work out for everybody.” Former President Donald Trump

“Millions of women will go to bed tonight without access to the health care and reproductive care that they had this morning, without access to the same health care or reproductive health care that their mothers and grandmothers had for 50 years.”

Vice President Kamala Harris

“Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues — attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.” Former President Barack Obama