Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement on the 52nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

“Today, on the 52nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Texas women and families remain in crisis as our state’s laws set us back more than 50 years,” said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher.  “Texas women have been sharing their stories about the devastating impacts of Texas’ cruel abortion ban on their health and their freedom, and recent reporting has told the stories of women who can no longer tell their stories because they died as a result of these Texas laws.  I am thinking of them today.  And I am also thinking of the Texas women who, more than 50 years ago, filed Roe v. Wade and took it all the way to the Supreme Court.  As a Texas woman in Congress, and as Vice Chair and Whip of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, I will continue to fight to protect the health, dignity, and freedom of women and families in Texas and across our country and to restore the framework of Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in all 50 states.”

Congresswoman Fletcher is Vice Chair and Whip of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC).  The RFC is a coalition of members in the U.S. House of Representatives who are working to preserve, protect, and advance policies that ensure reproductive autonomy.