Following the Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, 83 elected prosecutors from around the nation pledged to use their discretion and refuse to prosecute those who seek, assist in or provide abortions, calling the criminalization of abortion care 'a mockery of justice.'
, who is one of the 83 elected prosecutors who signed the pledge. "The Supreme Court has told half the population that it has no right to bodily autonomy. One Justice said out loud that we should reconsider even more rights, including the right of everyone to love and marry who they choose. I grieve for all those women who have lost so much today, and for all those people who live in fear that they will lose more tomorrow.
Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, abortion has been or will soon be banned in at least 26 states. "Today’s Supreme Court decision is a jarring betrayal of generations of Americans who have come of age with the right to make decisions about their own bodies," said Miriam Krinsky, Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution, the organizer of the statement. "By cruelly and callously stripping away a 50-year-old fundamental right, a majority of the Court has undermined the legitimacy of the criminal legal system and trust in the rule of law.
The joint statement from the prosecutors also emphasizes how abortion bans disproportionately harm victims of sexual abuse, rape, incest, human trafficking and domestic violence, and that many anti-abortion laws either do not provide exceptions for victims of sexual violence or force survivors to choose between reporting their assault or carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term.Patsy Austin-Gatson, District Attorney, Gwinnett Judicial Circuit, GeorgiaWesley Bell, Prosecuting Attorney, St.
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