The statement below was coordinated by the Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council, a first-of-its-kind national network of over 350 pro-choice state legislators from across the country. The RFLC is a project of the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).
"The 2019 state attacks on the legal right to abortion are a crisis. As state legislators from around the country and members of the Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council, we condemn this coordinated political strategy to overturn Roe v. Wade and are outraged by efforts to criminalize doctors or patients seeking abortion care.
We envision a nation in which each of us can make our own decisions about our reproductive health, pregnancy, and parenting, free from political interference. We’re calling on our fellow legislators, governors, and the courts to stop these abortion bans and instead take action to ensure all people can access reproductive health care with dignity and respect, no matter where they live or the size of their bank account. We respect the sacred duty of public office and we honor our charge to act for a better future for our constituents and communities - and that means protecting abortion rights."
Signed,
Representative | Zack | Fields | Alaska |
Representative | Geran | Tarr | Alaska |
Representative | Isela | Blanc | Arizona |
Representative | Andres | Cano | Arizona |
Senator | Andrea | Dalessandro | Arizona |
Representative | Rosanna | Gabaldon | Arizona |
Representative | Daniel | Hernandez | Arizona |
Senator | Juan | Mendez | Arizona |
Representative | Athena | Salman | Arizona |
Senator | Joyce | Elliott | Arkansas |
Representative | Vivian | Flowers | Arkansas |
Assemblyman | David | Chiu | California |
Assemblymember | Laura | Friedman | California |
Speaker | KC | Becker | Colorado |
Senator | Lois | Court | Colorado |
Senator | Jessie | Danielson | Colorado |
Representative | Daneya | Esgar | Colorado |
Senator | Steve | Fenberg | Colorado |
Senator | Rhonda | Fields | Colorado |
Senator | Joann | Ginal | Colorado |
Representative | Chris | Hansen | Colorado |
Representative | Leslie | Herod | Colorado |
Representative | Edie | Hooton | Colorado |
Senator | Pete | Lee | Colorado |
Representative | Susan | Lontine | Colorado |
Representative | Barbara | McLachlan | Colorado |
Representative | Dafna | Michaelson Jenet | Colorado |
Senator | Brittany | Pettersen | Colorado |
Representative | Jonathan | Singer | Colorado |
Representative | Dominique | Jackson | Colorado |
Representative | Mike | Weissman | Colorado |
Majority Leader | Bob | Duff | Connecticut |
Representative | Joshua | Elliott | Connecticut |
Senator | Mae | Flexer | Connecticut |
Representative | Jillian | Gilchrest | Connecticut |
Representative | Gregory | Haddad | Connecticut |
Representative | Susan | Johnson | Connecticut |
Representative | Roland | Lemar | Connecticut |
Senator | Matthew | Lesser | Connecticut |
Representative | Cristin | McCarthy Vahey | Connecticut |
Senator | Marilyn | Moore | Connecticut |
Representative | Caroline | Simmons | Connecticut |
Representative | Edwin | Vargas | Connecticut |
Representative | Paul | Baumbach | Delaware |
Representative | Kamia | Brown | Florida |
Senator | Lori | Berman | Florida |
Representative | Anna | Eskamani | Florida |
Senator | Gloria | Butler | Georgia |
Representative | Park | Cannon | Georgia |
Representative | Patricia Park | Gardner | Georgia |
Representative | Deborah | Gonzalez | Georgia |
Representative | Shelly | Hutchinson | Georgia |
Representative | Sheila | Jones | Georgia |
Representative | Dar'shun | Kendrick | Georgia |
Representative | Bee | Nguyen | Georgia |
Senator | Nan | Orrock | Georgia |
Representative | Kim | Schofield | Georgia |
Representative | Renitta | Shannon | Georgia |
Senator | Nikema | Williams | Georgia |
Senator | Rosalyn | Baker | Hawaii |
Representative | Della Au | Belatti | Hawaii |
Representative | Linda | Ichiyama | Hawaii |
Senator | Donna Mercado | Kim | Hawaii |
Representative | Roy | Takumi | Hawaii |
Representative | Nicole | Lowen | Hawaii |
Representative | Sue | Chew | Idaho |
Representative | Carol | Ammons | Illinois |
Senator | Omar | Aquino | Illinois |
Representative | Kelly | Cassidy | Illinois |
Representative | Sara | Feigenholtz | Illinois |
Senator | Laura | Fine | Illinois |
Representative | Robyn | Gabel | Illinois |
Representative | Jehan | Gordon-Booth | Illinois |
Representative | Will | Guzzardi | Illinois |
Senator | Don | Harmon | Illinois |
Representative | Greg | Harris | Illinois |
Senator | Mattie | Hunter | Illinois |
Senator | Toi | Hutchinson | Illinois |
Representative | Camille | Lilly | Illinois |
Representative | Theresa | Mah | Illinois |
Representative | Robert | Martwick | Illinois |
Representative | Rita | Mayfield | Illinois |
Representative | Anna | Moeller | Illinois |
Senator | Elgie | Sims | Illinois |
Senator | Heather | Steans | Illinois |
Senator | Patricia | Van Pelt-Watkins | Illinois |
Representative | Emanuel "Chris" | Welch | Illinois |
Representative | Ann | Williams | Illinois |
Representative | Sam | Yingling | Illinois |
Representative | Joyce | Mason | Illinois |
Representative | Celina | Villanueva | Illinois |
Representative | Marti | Anderson | Iowa |
Representative | Liz | Bennett | Iowa |
Senator | Joe | Bolkcom | Iowa |
Representative | Molly | Donahue | Iowa |
Representative | Vicki | Lensing | Iowa |
Representative | Mary | Mascher | Iowa |
Representative | Elizabeth | Bishop | Kansas |
Representative | Dennis "Boog" | Highberger | Kansas |
Representative | Annie | Kuether | Kansas |
Representative | Joni | Jenkins | Kentucky |
Representative | Mary Lou | Marzian | Kentucky |
Representative | Attica Woodson | Scott | Kentucky |
Representative | Lisa | Willner | Kentucky |
Senator | Shenna | Bellows | Maine |
Senator | Catherine | Breen | Maine |
Representative | Kristen | Cloutier | Maine |
Representative | Janice | Cooper | Maine |
Representative | Donna | Doore | Maine |
Representative | Michelle | Dunphy | Maine |
Representative | Richard | Farnsworth | Maine |
Representative | Drew | Gattine | Maine |
Speaker | Sara | Gideon | Maine |
Representative | Nicole | Grohoski | Maine |
Representative | James | Handy | Maine |
Representative | Jay | McCreight | Maine |
Representative | Genevieve | McDonald | Maine |
Senator | Rebecca | Millett | Maine |
Senator | Dave | Miramant | Maine |
Representative | Matt | Moonen | Maine |
Representative | Teresa | Pierce | Maine |
Representative | Lois | Reckitt | Maine |
Representative | Deane | Rykerson | Maine |
Representative | Erik | Jorgensen | Maine |
Representative | Margaret | O'Neil | Maine |
Representative | Rachel | Talbot Ross | Maine |
Representative | Denise | Tepler | Maine |
Representative | Charlotte | Warren | Maine |
Senator | Bill | Ferguson | Maryland |
Senator | Cheryl | Kagan | Maryland |
Delegate | Robbyn | Lewis | Maryland |
Delegate | Karen | Lewis Young | Maryland |
Delegate | Brooke | Lierman | Maryland |
Delegate | David | Moon | Maryland |
Delegate | Ana | Sol-Gutierrez | Maryland |
Senator | Ronald | Young | Maryland |
Delegate | Shelly | Hettleman | Maryland |
Delegate | Ariana | Kelly | Maryland |
Delegate | Pamela | Queen | Maryland |
Delegate | Jheanelle | Wilkins | Maryland |
Senator | Mike | Barrett | Massachusetts |
Representative | Michelle | Ciccolo | Massachusetts |
Senator | Jo | Comerford | Massachusetts |
Representative | Carmine | Gentile | Massachusetts |
Representative | Danielle | Gregoire | Massachusetts |
Representative | Patricia | Haddad | Massachusetts |
Representative | David | Linsky | Massachusetts |
Representative | Jay | Livingstone | Massachusetts |
Representative | Liz | Miranda | Massachusetts |
Representative | Tram | Nguyen | Massachusetts |
Representative | Alice | Peisch | Massachusetts |
Representative | Denise | Provost | Massachusetts |
Representative | Tami | Gouveia | Massachusetts |
Representative | Natalie | Higgins | Massachusetts |
Representative | David | LeBoeuf | Massachusetts |
Representative | Jack Patrick | Lewis | Massachusetts |
Senator | Becca | Rausch | Massachusetts |
Representative | Lindsay | Sabadosa | Massachusetts |
Minority Leader | Jim | Ananich | Michigan |
Senator | Rosemary | Bayer | Michigan |
Representative | Jim | Ellison | Michigan |
Representative | Alex | Garza | Michigan |
Minority Leader | Christine | Greig | Michigan |
Senator | Curtis | Hertel | Michigan |
Senator | Jeremy | Moss | Michigan |
Representative | Kristy | Pagan | Michigan |
Representative | Rebekah | Warren | Michigan |
Senator | Winnie | Brinks | Michigan |
Minority Fl Leader | Stephanie | Chang | Michigan |
Senator | Erika | Geiss | Michigan |
Representative | Kara | Hope | Michigan |
Senator | Jeff | Irwin | Michigan |
Representative | Donna | Lasinski | Michigan |
Representative | Robert | Wittenberg | Michigan |
Representative | Jamie | Becker-Finn | Minnesota |
Representative | Raymond | Dehn | Minnesota |
Senator | D. Scott | Dibble | Minnesota |
Representative | Mike | Freiberg | Minnesota |
Speaker | Melissa | Hortman | Minnesota |
Representative | Fue | Lee | Minnesota |
Representative | Diane | Loeffler | Minnesota |
Representative | Carlos | Mariani | Minnesota |
Representative | Sandra | Masin | Minnesota |
Representative | Rena | Moran | Minnesota |
Representative | Dave | Pinto | Minnesota |
Representative | Frank | Hornstein | Minnesota |
Representative | Mary | Kunesh-Podein | Minnesota |
Representative | Jamie | Long | Minnesota |
Representative | Liz | Olson | Minnesota |
Senator | Sandy | Pappas | Minnesota |
Senator | Deborah | Dawkins | Mississippi |
Representative | Kathy | Sykes | Mississippi |
Representative | Richard | Brown | Missouri |
Representative | Sarah | Unsicker | Missouri |
Representative | Cora Faith | Walker | Missouri |
Representative | Mary | Caferro | Montana |
Representative | Mary Ann | Dunwell | Montana |
Representative | Jessica | Karjala | Montana |
Representative | Andrea | Olsen | Montana |
Senator | Jennifer | Pomnichowski | Montana |
Senator | Diane | Sands | Montana |
Senator | Frank | Smith | Montana |
Senator | Sara | Howard | Nebraska |
Senator | Julia | Ratti | Nevada |
Assemblyman | Steven | Yeager | Nevada |
Assemblywoman | Sarah | Peters | Nevada |
Assemblywoman | Ellen | Spiegel | Nevada |
Assemblyman | Ozzie | Fumo | Nevada |
Assemblyman | Rich | Carillo | Nevada |
Representative | Susan | Almy | New Hampshire |
Representative | Debra | Altschiller | New Hampshire |
Representative | Christy | Bartlett | New Hampshire |
Representative | Donald | Bouchard | New Hampshire |
Representative | Amanda | Bouldin | New Hampshire |
Representative | Renny | Cushing | New Hampshire |
Representative | Edith | DesMarais | New Hampshire |
Representative | Charlotte | DiLorenzo | New Hampshire |
Representative | Daniel | Eaton | New Hampshire |
Senator | Martha | Fuller Clark | New Hampshire |
Representative | Chuck | Grassie | New Hampshire |
Representative | Timothy | Horrigan | New Hampshire |
Representative | Mark | King | New Hampshire |
Representative | Peter | Leishman | New Hampshire |
Representative | Patricia | Lovejoy | New Hampshire |
Representative | Garrett | Muscatel | New Hampshire |
Representative | Sharon | Nordgren | New Hampshire |
Representative | Allison | Nutting-Wong | New Hampshire |
Representative | Lee | Oxenham | New Hampshire |
Representative | Marjorie | Porter | New Hampshire |
Representative | Katherine | Rogers | New Hampshire |
Senator | Cindy | Rosenwald | New Hampshire |
Representative | Kris | Schultz | New Hampshire |
Minority Leader | Stephen | Shurtleff | New Hampshire |
Senator | David | Watters | New Hampshire |
Assemblyman | Raj | Mukherji | New Jersey |
Assemblywoman | Valerie | Vainieri Huttle | New Jersey |
Majority Leader | Loretta | Weinberg | New Jersey |
Representative | Deborah | Armstrong | New Mexico |
Senator | Elizabeth | Stefanics | New Mexico |
Senator | Mimi | Stewart | New Mexico |
Representative | Elizabeth | Thomson | New Mexico |
Representative | Christine | Trujillo | New Mexico |
Representative | Andrea | Romero | New Mexico |
Senator | Alessandra | Biaggi | New York |
Assemblymember | David | Buchwald | New York |
Assemblymember | Patricia | Fahy | New York |
Assemblymember | Deborah | Glick | New York |
Assemblymember | Richard | Gottfried | New York |
Senator | Liz | Krueger | New York |
Assemblymember | Felix | Ortiz | New York |
Assemblymember | Dan | Quart | New York |
Senator | Gustavo | Rivera | New York |
Assemblymember | Nily | Rozic | New York |
Assemblymember | JoAnne | Simon | New York |
Senator | Andrea | Stewart-Cousins | New York |
Assemblymember | Latrice M. | Walker | New York |
Representative | John | Ager | North Carolina |
Representative | Johnnie Newton | Autry | North Carolina |
Representative | Mary | Belk | North Carolina |
Representative | Cecil | Brockman | North Carolina |
Representative | Deb | Butler | North Carolina |
Senator | Jay | Chaudhuri | North Carolina |
Representative | Susan | Fisher | North Carolina |
Senator | Valerie | Foushee | North Carolina |
Representative | Rosa | Gill | North Carolina |
Representative | Pricey | Harrison | North Carolina |
Representative | Verla | Insko | North Carolina |
Senator | Floyd | McKissick | North Carolina |
Representative | Graig | Meyer | North Carolina |
Representative | Marcia | Morey | North Carolina |
Representative | Evelyn | Terry | North Carolina |
Senator | Terry | Van Duyn | North Carolina |
Senator | Mike | Woodard | North Carolina |
Representative | Sydney | Batch | North Carolina |
Representative | Christy | Clark | North Carolina |
Representative | Ashton | Clemmons | North Carolina |
Representative | Julie | Von Haefen | North Carolina |
Senator | Nickie | Antonio | Ohio |
Representative | Tavia | Galonski | Ohio |
Representative | Adam | Miller | Ohio |
Representative | Kent | Smith | Ohio |
Representative | Emilia Strong | Sykes | Ohio |
Representative | Thomas | West | Ohio |
Representative | Juanita | Brent | Ohio |
Representative | Erica | Crawley | Ohio |
Representative | Stephanie | Howse | Ohio |
Representative | Emily | Virgin | Oklahoma |
Representative | Julie | Fahey | Oregon |
Senator | Lew | Frederick | Oregon |
Senator | Sara | Gelser | Oregon |
Representative | Susan | McLain | Oregon |
Representative | Tiffiny | Mitchell | Oregon |
Senator | Laurie | Monnes Anderson | Oregon |
Representative | Carla | Piluso | Oregon |
Representative | Karin | Power | Oregon |
Representative | Brad | Witt | Oregon |
Majority Leader | Jennifer | Williamson | Oregon |
Representative | Tim | Briggs | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Carolyn | Comitta | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Tina | Davis | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Ed | Gainey | Pennsylvania |
Senator | Art | Haywood | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Leanne | Krueger-Braneky | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Steve | McCarter | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Chris | Rabb | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Peter | Schweyer | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Wendy | Ullman | Pennsylvania |
Senator | Maria | Collett | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Mary Jo | Daley | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Austin | Davis | Pennsylvania |
Minority Leader | Frank | Dermody | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Dan | Frankel | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Sara | Innamorato | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Summer | Lee | Pennsylvania |
Senator | Katie | Muth | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Mike | Schlossberg | Pennsylvania |
Senator | Lindsey | Williams | Pennsylvania |
Representative | Edith | Ajello | Rhode Island |
Senator | Melissa | Murray | Rhode Island |
Representative | Evan | Shanley | Rhode Island |
Representative | Teresa | Tanzi | Rhode Island |
Senator | Dawn | Euer | Rhode Island |
Senator | Gayle | Goldin | Rhode Island |
Senator | Bridget | Valverde | Rhode Island |
Representative | Gilda | Cobb-Hunter | South Carolina |
Representative | John | King | South Carolina |
Senator | Margie Bright | Matthews | South Carolina |
Representative | Steven | McCleerey | South Dakota |
Senator | Susan | Wismer | South Dakota |
Representative | G.A. | Hardaway | Tennessee |
Representative | Jessica | Farrar | Texas |
Representative | Mary | Gonzalez | Texas |
Representative | Jennifer | Dailey-Provost | Utah |
Representative | Elizabeth | Weight | Utah |
Representative | Tim | Briglin | Vermont |
Representative | Annmarie | Christensen | Vermont |
Majority Leader | Sarah | CopelandHanzas | Vermont |
Representative | Maxine | Grad | Vermont |
Representative | James | McCullough | Vermont |
Representative | Mike | Mrowicki | Vermont |
Representative | Ann | Pugh | Vermont |
Representative | Barbara | Rachelson | Vermont |
Majority Leader | Jill | Krowinski | Vermont |
Delegate | Jennifer | Boysko | Virginia |
Senator | Barbara | Favola | Virginia |
Delegate | Eileen | Filler-Corn | Virginia |
Delegate | Elizabeth | Guzman | Virginia |
Delegate | Mark | Keam | Virginia |
Delegate | Kaye | Kory | Virginia |
Senator | Jennifer | McClellan | Virginia |
Delegate | Marcia | Price | Virginia |
Representative | Eileen | Cody | Washington |
Senator | Jeannie | Darneille | Washington |
Representative | Beth | Doglio | Washington |
Representative | Joe | Fitzgibbon | Washington |
Representative | Mike | Sells | Washington |
Representative | Tana | Senn | Washington |
Representative | Derek | Stanford | Washington |
Representative | Gael | Tarleton | Washington |
Senator | Lisa | Wellman | Washington |
Senator | Emily | Randall | Washington |
Representative | Kristine | Reeves | Washington |
Senator | Claire | Wilson | Washington |
Delegate | Danielle | Walker | West Virginia |
Representative | Jimmy | Anderson | Wisconsin |
Senator | Janet | Bewley | Wisconsin |
Representative | Jodi | Emerson | Wisconsin |
Senator | LaTonya | Johnson | Wisconsin |
Representative | Debra | Kolste | Wisconsin |
Senator | Chris | Larson | Wisconsin |
Representative | Greta | Neubauer | Wisconsin |
Representative | Melissa | Sargent | Wisconsin |
Representative | Christine | Sinicki | Wisconsin |
Representative | Lisa | Subeck | Wisconsin |
Representative | Chris | Taylor | Wisconsin |
Representative | JoCasta | Zamarripa | Wisconsin |
Representative | Cathy | Connolly | Wyoming |