- 5-3 Supreme Court Victory!
The United States Supreme Court struck down the unconstitutional Texas law HB2 limiting access to abortion and family planning. The 5-3 ruling is the most significant decision from the Supreme Court on abortion in decades and should serve as a wake up call that misguided laws aimed solely at limiting access to family planning will not stand.This landmark decision continues the powerful momentum shift for the rights and personal medical choices of women and families. As our National Co-Chair Susan Bevan said on the steps of the Supreme Court “…Government must protect this right and cannot mandate a singular “moral” code or particular set of religious beliefs,” said Bevan. “No matter how deeply legislators hold those individual views, their position does not grant them license to impose their beliefs upon American citizens. Facts matter – and laws matter.”
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- RMC at the Supreme Court
In March, RMC was front and center rallying the crowd and representing your voice at the US Supreme Court! Susan Bevan, our National Co-Chair, was a headline speaker at the press conference and rally that addressed Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. She brilliantly addressed the real Republican ideals of personal freedom and limiting government intrusion into personal medical decisions. Read her remarks here!
- RMC In The News
Time to drop the double standard over abortion
RMC National Board Chairs highlight the double standard over abortion in the Republican Party in a new op-ed on CNN.
"As Republicans, we have an abiding belief that the government which governs least, governs best. Yet it is hard to reconcile this with the beliefs of many in our party who support government intrusion into personal decisions about when and whether to have children. States with majority Republican legislatures continue to throw up roadblocks in the form of excessive regulations on physicians and clinics that perform abortions, as well as the methods and accessibility of contraception."
RMC began 2016 with big news-- it officially filed its first-ever amicus brief with the US Supreme Court! The brief was used in considerations during the Court's deliberation over Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a case involving restrictions that block access to safe, legal abortion and threaten to close family planning clinics that provide vital, preventive reproductive health care.
