Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke to the Los Angeles Blade reflecting on Friday's U.S. Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade
“For a country about personal rights, we’re doing an awful lot right now to limit women’s ability to do what they want with their body”
The decision of allowing access now falls to individual states. 13 states have passed 'trigger laws' that criminalize & outlaw abortion
Thomas called for the high court to “reconsider” previous decisions overturning state sodomy laws and legalizing same-sex marriage
“Imagine, woman having to carry a child that’s a consequence of incest, with no option” to terminate the pregnancy, Biden said
Justice Thomas said the Court should also reconsider the decisions that extended marriage equality & the right to private, consensual sex
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters, “This kind of behavior is obviously behavior that we will not tolerate”
Attendees discussed importance of protecting access to reproductive health care as states pass extreme laws restricting access
This policy tweak to the existing Army regulations pertaining to compassionate reassignment would clarify the current standard rules
"Roe has been the law of the land for almost 50 years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned"