Access to abortion is essential to women's health, ft Lourdes Rivera #FutureIsHers

Attorney Lourdes Rivera of the Center for Reproductive Rights discusses how her organization is fighting to uphold women’s access to abortion in the Supreme Court case June Medical Services v. Russo.

“On March 4, the Center for Reproductive Rights will be back at the Supreme Court challenging an abortion restriction that has been adopted by the state of Louisiana that the Supreme Court, in 2016, already ruled was unconstitutional because it posed an undue burden on women’s ability to access abortion. We’re going to have not just excellent lawyers arguing inside the court, but we are going to have a tremendous rally outside the court because it’s so important for the court to know that people are watching, that people expect the court to uphold the rule of law, to uphold precedent, and that this is not going to be decided under the radar.” – Lourdes Rivera

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