FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2016
Contact: Nicole Stacy, [email protected] 703-470-1926
Stakes for 2016 Election, Judicial Nominations Couldn’t be Higher
Washington, D.C. – Today, by a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law designed to provide essential protections for the health and safety of women inside the state’s abortion facilities. The ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt means the 2016 election is all the more important to securing the well-being of women and their unborn children.
“Today’s tragic decision by the Court means that Texas women will not be protected from the unsanitary conditions and even Gosnell-like horrors that permeate the abortion industry,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List, referencing the 2013 trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, currently serving a life sentence for murdering babies after botched, late-term abortions, and for the negligent death of one mother, Karnamaya Mongar.
“The abortion industry cannot be trusted to regulate itself and they know it. That’s why they fought tooth and nail against common-sense health and safety standards and requirements for abortionists to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. We have documented page after page of incidents of abuse, negligence, and brutality since 2008. This decision means the filth and exploitation will continue unchecked.
“The stakes for the 2016 election could not be higher. The next president will be tasked with selecting Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement and up to three others. We must elect a pro-life president and safeguard today’s pro-life majorities in the House and Senate. Only with a pro-life Congress and White House can we begin to address the havoc wrought by the Supreme Court on America’s unborn children and their mothers.”
Joint amicus briefs were filed in the case by Susan B. Anthony List and Concerned Women for America as well as Charlotte Lozier Institute, CitizenLink, and Students for Life of America.
The Susan B. Anthony List and its Political Action Committees, the SBA List Candidate Fund and Women Speak Out PAC, spent $16.71 million in the 2014 election cycle to defeat pro-abortion incumbents and elect pro-life candidates to federal and statewide office. The SBA List is dedicated to pursuing policies and electing candidates who will reduce and ultimately end abortion. To that end, the SBA List emphasizes the education, promotion, mobilization, and election of pro-life women. The SBA List is a network of more than 465,000 pro-life Americans nationwide.
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