Reproductive Rights Groups Endorse Biden-Harris Ticket

stranger thank you stranger stranger stranger thank you stranger let's take a moment let's take a moment together to think about where we were last year when we heard the terrible news think about how you felt that sickness in your heart the fear you felt knowing how much everything was about to change I was in Scranton Pennsylvania where I live and the phone rang and it was my daughter who told me the news and I couldn't believe it and it stuck in my heart what had happened Roe was overturned we were devastated and I'm sure many of you can be identified in the weeks and months that followed, we watched as red states across the country launched increasingly restrictive measures against

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care, we heard stories about women who were denied DMC after suffering a miscarriage even though their own health was at risk, we learned that women now face criminal charges in states with strict anti-abortion laws, we saw how the overturning of Roe could affect IVF egg freezing and more, and we knew we were at a critical turning point and That's when something profoundly wonderful happened.

It happened that women from all over the country joined together, we felt our hearts breaking, we lamented and we realized something, because my mother told me that you can't touch your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time, so in the White House President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. We immediately got to work with Congressional Democrats to protect abortion at the federal level in cities and towns across the country. People began registering to vote to ensure that abortion

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were protected in their states. In the DMC we were organized and ready also before the midterm elections. made sure voters knew how the Biden administration was protecting

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freedoms and what we saw was that these people support Democratic candidates because they know that the Democratic Party is the only party that protects reproductive freedoms.

We are the only party that takes action. It's sad, but it's the truth. As a result of these collective efforts, one of the most successful midterm elections in history occurred and now, together, we are going to build on that to ensure we are even more successful in the 2024 elections, so one year after the touches There will be too much at stake for us to do nothing more than wring our hands. You know, my husband Bob and I have six children. A few months before Roe was overturned, my oldest daughter, Grace, and her husband told us that they were expecting her fourth child and, as you can imagine.

We were very happy, sadly, halfway through her pregnancy Grace suffered a late miscarriage and had to give birth stillborn. I asked Grace if she could share a little of her story and she said that during that experience she was never more aware of where she was. what you experience can determine how you are treated because my daughter lives in Pennsylvania with a strong Democratic congresswoman, a Democratic governor, and two United States senators who have promised to protect reproductive health and compassion. Thank you, but tragically many women across America are not so fortunate. and are treated with suspicion and cruelty, the president has said that with a democratic majority he will codify Roe and make reproductive health care the law of the land, the good news is that's what we're gathered here to do roll up our sleeves and make sure that happens today.

I'm proud to stand with some of our country's strongest advocates for reproductive care and what a team they are! President Joseph Biden, First Lady, Dr. Joe Biden, Vice President, Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman, along with EMILY'S List from the Democratic National Committee. President Lavonza Butler, Pro-Choice U.S. President Minnie Tamaraju, and Planned Parenthood National Trust CEO Alexis McGill Johnson are leading the way for change to protect reproductive

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, and you'll be able to hear from them in just a few minutes. moments, but I don't know. about you, I'm ready and excited for let's be clear, this is what we're here to do, we're going to take back the chamber and expand on our gains in the Senate, we're going to keep President Biden and the vice president.

President Harris in the White House, we are going to tell the story and protect reproductive health and we are going to help this incredible Administration finish the job. Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work? Me too, thank you, please welcome speaker America. Nancy Pelosi I guess we're here, hello everyone, this is a day. Well, Virginia, thank you for your moving comments and your commitment to the good health of American women, but also for the generosity of spirit in sharing your daughter's story, because when we are talking about this, we are talking not only about the election is on the ballot, but that health is on the ballot, lives are on the ballot, so Virginia poses and she in her marks we all remember where we were.

I know where she was. I was in Colorado having, let's say, a political event with my colleagues there and as soon as we found out, I told Diana to ask who the co-chair of our congressional pro-choice caucus is, since she along with Barbara Lee are the co-presidents. I said Diana, can you believe this? And I said: I'm leaving here for Texas. Imagine I was going to Texas the next day, taxes. And I said: I just want to make sure that we are all in agreement to present the duty. choose legislation to protect a woman's right to choose first thing tomorrow morning, so when this happened it was surprising, it was heartbreaking, it was what, but we were ready.

Duty 2 had introduced that legislation I don't know how many times since about 2013. we were ready to be vaccinated against their poisonous actions and ours, but now here we are, today we are not dying, we organized and I see some friends here, we unionized, so this is what happened this morning, this morning and this week, we've had press events this morning. led by uh Hakeem Jeffries is a wonderful leader in the house Catherine Clark Pete Aguilar of so many members gathered with our pro-choice co-levels you uh Diana to get as I mentioned and Barbara Lee and Judy Chu so that Judy could announce that in two days in our download petition we have 211 co-sponsors 211 people so what that means not calling the correspondent's signatures our response now, since we don't have the camera, is that we can have a download petition, what that means is that we need seven Republicans twice that number at least who have won in Biden districts to sign up for a discharge petition so we can pass that bill now some of the people who are here who signed Chrissy Houlihan was not Pennsylvania Debbie Wasserman Schultz from Florida Sarah Jacobs from Florida selling from Michigan Emily Sykes or Ohio Andrea Salinas I'll just read their names without the status or passive Brendan Boyle another Pennsylvania Kim Schreier Melanie Stanbury and I said Christy Houlihan again and the others from there came in since I was, oh, here we are, Diana arrives.

I just mentioned Diana Garcia, Congressman Garcia from Texas, so, Diana, I was mentioning our conversation as soon as we heard it that night in Colorado, we get on the plane, we're going to Texas and the taxes, the women were on fire now. this is the first light of day we are seeing after this dark announcement decision, the women were prepared to endure, in fact they had one of their most important events for us, no men were allowed, we just had to have a chat girls with the hundreds of people. The girl spoke on that boat, but they were ready, so what we need is seven more people to sign the discharge petition, but what we also need is a massive organization throughout the country during this last year, during the elections, the People would tell me: You're all wrong, you shouldn't be talking about dogs, that's in the rearview mirror, that was yesterday.

I said, you know what, stay away from me? I mean, this is, I mean, these are fighting words for us, right, this is a mission we're on. then it was said no, we know our districts, our members know our districts and we know that when we go to the district and do the comparison, you are a member of Congress, you do not support a woman's right to choose ours, does our candidate or vice versa? If it's a candidate versus the incumbent, but let me tell you this because this is what really shouldn't be shocking around here, but when we passed the duty election bill, guess how many Republicans voted zero.

It's okay, you did well to ensure women's rights. travel for reproductive care three three and guarantee now this one would think that if you hate terminating a pregnancy you want to avoid that you should give women access to contraception eight eight but think of all those who are not wrong, they are out to have a national ban on abortion overturn Roe v Wade we must we must prevail now I'm not saying this as a threat but we have to let people know that their actions have consequences, they told us we are going to lose 30 40 seats remember maybe 50. because we had the wrong message , we were talking about a woman's right to choose, which is freedom and democracy, and we were talking about protection from gun violence, so you said you know you can know what you know by sitting on your butt. in some study but we know what is happening in our districts and what we lost five in New York and we will recover them with us one in California we will recover it so we are ready to win, but for For this to work, we need again not to agonize, organize the best possible mobilization so that these members know that there is a price to pay for insulting women who disrespect women and their right to health care and that there is a price to pay.

I would say as a threat, I say it as a prediction, I say it as a prediction, so are you ready for us to have a strong, strong, strong victory for the House of Representatives and make Hakeem Jeffries the next speaker of the House? Chamber, Catherine Clark, and that Democrat and majority? leader and then the majority and the list goes on and it's going to be wonderful, but on top of that we have to get a couple of seats in the United States Senate, we have to be able to pull back the curtain and have a filibuster so we only need 51 votes to do that, 51 votes that are willing to do it and then we can pass the bill with 51 votes and I have to worry about 60 votes and then the most important thing because it's not just about the presidency and the vice presidency it's about the judicial system it's about the spirit of America it's about everything it has such a big impact on how we are seen in the world what it means on the kitchen table issues of America's working families and what it means in terms of preserving the planet for future generations gun violence protection so many issues you can name so many issues you can name so important that we give an enthusiastic reelection to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as president and vice president of the United States Are we ready for that?

I thought about it now, if any member has common sense and has already signed the discharge petition, which is for all Democrats except one, someone wants to, uh, maybe they didn't recognize it before speaking these few minutes. I have to leave so soon. when the president is done because I'm getting on the plane to San Francisco and when I land it will be dark enough to be able to flip the skit, the switch, thank you, Stark enough for me for the switch to have the Bay Bridge. Lit in gay pride colors, it has to be dark enough, but in any case, let's thank EMILY's List.

Oh my goodness, Nehrav's pro-choice America! Emily Planned Parenthood for America's List everyone today and all of you remember this, there is nothing more important. to a member of Congress or any elected official, then the voice of their own constituents, so make sure they listen to their constituents because their constituents are their bosses and their constituents are the people who vote for us, that's all they get. interested. They are not interested in people calling here and there, it is important to get out the vote, but we want to get the message across. I want to know where you stand in terms of my health, my life, really and very importantly, our children's. thank you all and by the way I recently saw Evie now there are many young people here and that is a beautiful thing but they are the youngest and it is about the children for the future, we are ready for a great Democratic Victory thank you all Thank you very much, please Receive a message from Planned Parenthood Action Fund President and CEO Alexis Miguel Johnson.

Hi, I'm Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund. I am very sorry that I cannot be there in person. all of you today, but I am very honored to virtually support EMILY's List and naral and announce the action funds

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ment of Joe Biden for president in 2024. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been steadfast in theircommitment to protect and expand access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Tomorrow marks one year since the Supreme Court took away our ability to control our own bodies and gave it to the states in the last year. 20 states have passed abortion bans, meaning one in three women and more trans and non-binary people can no longer access abortion services in their home state, but despite it all, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been fierce defenders of reproductive freedom.

I am very proud of the bold actions this administration has taken to protect patients. and protect providers to give them accurate information and let them know that they are not alone, that there are people in positions of power fighting for them, that is what leadership looks like. Leaders face moments of uncertainty with boldness and clarity, but we know there is more work to do. The opposition has made it clear that returning the issue of abortion to the States was never enough. They want a national ban on abortion. They are coming for even more rights. and freedoms instead of focusing our country on issues that will move us forward the opposition is pushing us back Americans should not be held back by hostile forces, they should be buoyed by hope and possibility Americans need leaders who will stand up and fight for them Americans need Joe Biden and Kamala Harris back in the White House Planned Parenthood Action Fund will be enough Whatever we can to keep Joe Biden and Kamala Harris where they belong, we know that by working together we can achieve a world where all people can access reproductive health care no matter who they are or where they live.

Thank you President Biden, thank you Vice President Harris. for your incredible partnership and your incredible leadership, I will see you on the campaign trail, please welcome Naral Pro-Choice America President Minnie Tamaraju. Hello, it is wonderful to be with you today, my mini Maraju, I am the president of Naral Pro-Choice. America and thank you, naira. I know you're here and our four million members thank you for joining us tonight. I want to start by thanking all of the abortion rights advocates and providers, Health and Justice, who are here with us. It's been a horrible year. and you have done everything you can to provide life-saving care to our communities in the most difficult circumstances in the wake of this crisis.

We are here today with the most pro-choice, pro-reproductive Freedom Administration in the history of our nation and that is exactly what we need on this sign America because we have never faced a moment like this we are in a state of emergency access to abortion is being decimated by extremists in 20 states abortion is completely banned or severely restricted our research in naral shows that Since Roe was overturned a year ago, 20 million women of reproductive age have completely lost access to legal abortion or face new restrictions so extreme that they have made access to the essential care they need almost impossible.

That's why we are making our earliest

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ment in a presidential campaign for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we know that the president, the president and the vice president are committed to restoring the federal right to abortion and are not afraid to do hard things, they have worked to protect and restore our rights from executive actions, including today's on contraception, defending our reproductive freedom, and upholding the Women's Health Protection Act, have ordered the Department of Justice to defend reproductive freedom in the courts that have nominated and confirmed a record number of qualified and impartial judges who believe in our freedoms, including thank you heather, including associate, Associate Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, that is why we are all here today, that is why our organizations come together once again to make this historic endorsement and the start of our campaign now and From one president to another, I have to say this is a great deal in 22 states plus the District of Columbia.

Right here we have pro-reproductive freedom majorities in power who are codifying our rights into laws. This is what happens when we choose. The pro-reproductive freedom majorities are right, so we have to finish the job. These changes are happening because abortion is important in the daily lives of Everyday People. Poll after poll, including this week's polls, show that a majority of Americans support abortion rights and oppose abortion bans, including, and this is really important, a growing number of independents and Republicans. Supporting abortion access is at a record high, meaning we have a moral obligation to engage these Americans in 2024 to deliver critical victories for our communities to restore and expand the abortion access we've been waiting for.

It's 15 months 15 months to make sure that every voter in the United States knows that it is Joe Biden and Kamala Harris who have supported them for the last four years and that for the next four two we have 15 months to do the job that we will make sure to take back the House and win an overwhelming majority in the Senate so that we are not asked to make concessions on what the vast majority of Americans deserve. We are 15 months old, but the good news is that we have the majority and we are the majority so say it with me one more time we are the majority we are the majority we are the majority let's finish the job thank you please welcome president of Emily's List lafonza Butler thank you good afternoon I am the union leader so can I say that one more time good afternoon I love the sound of the people's voice can we give one more round of applause to our beloved speaker Nancy Pelosi how incredible it is to have a leader like leader Nancy Pelosi to continue in the fight with all of us as we are in the fight for our lives and that's why I'm so grateful to have the members of Congress, all the members of Congress endorsed by EMILY's List who are here.

I am so grateful and glad to be here with all of you today as it was. noted that I'm Lufthansa Butler, president of Emily's List, the country's largest political resource for women in politics. Making Democratic women pro-choice in politics It's not news to anyone in this room that we are in a fight for our freedom every day. We hear about Republicans who have found increasingly cruel ways to roll back our rights in states across the country. They are working overtime to make it harder for us to make our own health care decisions and determine our own future, but we know we know.

Americans across the country want these rights themselves, they want these decisions to be ours and not our government's, and we believe voters deserve leaders who not only respect their choices but want leaders who will fight to protect their rights, leaders like President Biden. and Vice President Harris Prince. Friends, when the Dobbs decision ended a constitutional right for the first time in the history of this country, we were grateful that these were the leaders who were on guard, leaders who have been strong defenders of abortion rights throughout the government and throughout the country. country, from fighting in court to working across agencies to delivering a budget that would protect abortion rights for all, this is the most pro-choice administration we have ever seen.

And we meet here We meet here a year after the Dobbs decision and I I remember that you have probably heard me refer to this, but I continue to remember the words of Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote for all of us, for our consideration, that there are years that make questions and years they answer to the Democrats. Opinion over the last few years has raised some important questions for us. Post some important questions for us, like what are we going to do and where were we when our rights were taken away. What are we going to do and where were we when?

Our children's future was in danger these questions have been posed to us and to the Democrats. I am convinced that the next few years ahead of us are the years we will respond because the answer is truly clear, the difference couldn't be more Stark EMILY. The list was created out of the belief that we believe who is elected matters and that starts at the top, which is why we are proud to support the re-election of this dedicated and hard-working list. We will work hard to ensure that President Biden and Vice President Harris can finish the job on important issues facing our country that they have been working so hard on, and it is very important to me, as president of Emily's List, to be able to say that we are delighted to endorse Kamala Harris as the highest ranking woman ever elected in this country as vice president as vice president in this nation look folks.

I want to end my comments here quickly, but it is important to me as the leader of an organization that represents value representation and has focused on it for 38 years. years of electing pro-choice women I know how much it matters to my daughter and America's daughters to be able to see Vice President Harris at the decision-making table we know she takes us into every room she walks into we know she makes us proud of every room she goes into, we have seen the vice president raise voices and issues that have not always been addressed at the highest levels of power in this country.

She is a bright and qualified candidate endorsed by EMILY's List from the moment she ran for the district. lawyer in San Francisco until now as vice president of these United States and we are incredibly proud, we are incredibly proud to see her as a partner of President Joe Biden and to see the great work that they will continue to do to fight for the freedoms of our children and generations to come thank you all for coming and for the work that I know you will continue to do abroad, thank you abroad, thank you, thank you, please welcome Jill Biden and Douglas Emma, ​​hello everyone, we are back, it's fantastic.

See you all, um, let's hear it from our amazing speakers, uh, it was me, if you heard applause backstage, it was us, um, so much energy in this room, all the leaders, all the activists, all the elected officials, Thank you for receiving me and leaving me. Say a few words, it means a lot and um, I've seen you all out there. I've seen them all over the country fighting, fighting for all of us, fighting for our rights, so I see it, we all see it, but let's go. A year ago, I remember where I was, but I also remember how I felt and I'm still angry.

A year later, but I could just remember it. I was here in DC, my wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, still never gets old. saying that, but she was on Air Force two traveling to an event and the news came on so she was able to see it and she called me within seconds and it was kind of like Dougie, they really did it, they really did it and then in a matter of seconds of minutes, our Then, Ella, my 23-year-old daughter, texted me and you know I hear from her when I want to hear from her, but this was one of those Dad, you have to do something about it and then, A few minutes later, my 80-something mother, Barb, again.

I don't hear from her unless I need to hear from her, it was like honey you have to do something about it and think about it, a woman of that age of that generation and she was one of those women that was out there fighting and marching. and fighting for rights that have been drastically taken away and that was my mother and now I think about it all these years later. 23, now my 24 year old daughter is somehow going to have fewer rights than my 80 something year old mother that she can't stand it. that can't be taken, thank you, so like I said, I'm still angry about this, but like all of us we have to turn that anger into action, so for my part, last year I wrote articles, traveled and spoke all over the world. country many times to young men to activate them, you know this is an issue for them and I have worked with these three

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and I worked with many of you talking about the important issue of access to abortion and reproductive health.

Freedom, and just yesterday I had a, I have to say, a pretty painful set of conversations with medical providers and heard firsthand the horror stories that are now in the news, but this is real life and it has an absolute impact on the real life of women. and these stories are horrible, these draconian laws in these states, uh, that have no regard for women's health, much less our fundamental rights, are literally and sometimes fatally affecting the health of women in this country and us men, this is a problem for all of us too. of us and that is why I think it is important to use my voice in this microphone to talk about this issue that access to abortion, reproductive freedom is an issue for all of us, men, women, all of us because it affects us andIt affects our fundamental rights and women cannot. to be less than what it is, also, it's the right thing to do, it's the right thing to do, so I couldn't be more proud to be a part of this team led by our great President Biden, Vice President Harris, as you know, everyone is fighting for you and everyone the days for fundamental human rights and for the future of this country and I can see it first hand, they support us, they support us all and, speaking of a leader, a warrior for so many issues, and again I can see it first hand, uh. someone who stands up for human rights, women's rights, women's and girls' rights around the world, not just here, our incredible first lady, my good friend, Dr.

Joe Biden, yes, here we come, Thanks Doug, you've been grateful, I love you. Also, all the women in heels should take them off right now, take them off, take them all off because I've been watching since The Backs, you know, backstage, seeing how long you're standing and I was like, are you all standing like that? long time yeah slide them anyway thank you and like you said you know this isn't just a women's issue and we will never make the progress we need unless more men like you and Joe are willing to speak up. Get up and get to work, so thank you Doug for your commitment to this.

You're an amazing second gentleman, aren't you? Thank you. Good afternoon. I grew up before Roe v Wade and abortion was something we really only whispered about and it was shrouded in secrecy and shame and in that silence a lot was lost, safety and dignity, dreams and even lives changed a lot, but a lot of people didn't want to talk. On this topic, maybe I don't know, maybe they thought it was too much. politician maybe you didn't think we needed it because, after all, Roe was the law of the land, but you Advocates have never been silent, you have worked tirelessly long before we lost Roe to protect women and strengthen the right to choose, thank you for your work today, we have final battles, it is heartbreaking and yes, you know we knew that this decision would have devastating consequences, but knowing that still could not prepare me from what I heard, a group of brave women who shared their stories in the White House this week perhaps you saw it was Elizabeth Anya Nancy Austin came from different backgrounds in the states of Florida, Texas, Louisiana, however, the details of their experiences were similar, they wanted these pregnancies, there were purchases of cribs and ultrasounds attached to the refrigerator and then a devastating diagnosis, doctors who denied them care, pain, humiliation and deadly infections, they describe being told they were in medical danger, but not enough to have the abortions. needed talked about being afraid to tell people what happened they felt like a criminal when they fled their home state for care how their spouses felt helpless terrified of their families remembered their stories if any of you saw them with a force of stone prepared, practiced, but then I would see a memory pass through their eyes as if they were back in that bathroom expecting the worst or praying to get to safety as they crossed the state line, their voices breaking, they had paused to fight. against the tears and we all wait in silence holding one hand breathing together through the pain.

It was a Brotherhood of survivors not only of a loss but of a cruelty that made that loss so much worse. The women I spoke to didn't want to revive. the worst moments of their lives, but they kept doing it, they tell their stories over and over again, not for themselves, but for all the women who can't, if they can raise their voices, how can we do less?, we won't, we will do it. t women put Joe and Kamala in the white house and we will do it again not just for ourselves but for all the women whose educations, careers and families were based on the ability to choose when to have children for the young women who will grow up.

In the world we are shaping for them right now and for all the fathers, brothers, husbands and children who love them, my mom used to tell me Jill, things will always look better in the morning and she was right, we take it day by day battle after battle we do not lose hope and we do not give up we honor the struggle of the women who came before us and we will find our courage for those who will come after we wake up every day in the light of mourning and continue fighting for our future knowing in our hearts hearts that if together we will win and send Joe and Kamala back to the White House thank you foreigners the vice president of the United States Kamala Harris thank you hello good afternoon good afternoon good afternoon oh, it's always so good for us to all be together, what a group powerful and powerful of true patriots of true patriots of true patriots, you know, because there is something that is so important in this fight that we are so fundamental that we are fighting in the name of foundational. principles one of the most important principles upon which our nation was founded the importance of liberty freedom the freedom to make decisions about one's life one's body the freedom to be free from government interference when it comes to private decisions decisions that have to do with the heart and home, we are here because we love our country, we believe in these fundamental principles and we will always fight to achieve the ideals of our country, that is why we are here together, so I thank all the leaders who are here , including, of course, the most honorable members of the United States Congress is an extraordinary speaker, Emarita Nancy Pelosi, a great woman, a great leader, a great woman, a great leader, our Administration's champion for women and the families, Dr.

Jill Biden and, of course, my husband, the first second gentleman of the United States, so it really is a joy and an honor to be with a group of people who are leaders of so many movements, but in particular of the organizations I have been proud to work with throughout my career. Lafonza Menchal mentioned it. I mean, I've been endorsed by all three of these organizations. throughout my career and I think it's a function of the work we've done together on so many issues that again have to do with freedom, dignity, autonomy and the rights and dignity that all people are entitled to.

So I want to thank EMILY's Planned Parenthood List and Narrow for everything you are and everything you do. EMILY'S List, I mean Lufthansa Butler, how about she's extraordinary and then of course Ellen Malcolm who has just been a shining star in this movement for so long and you know, as a district attorney As Attorney General, I worked with Narell on many issues, including our work to defeat an anti-election ballot initiative and our work to protect health clinics and providers from violence as a United States Senator. I work with Planned. Parenthood in critical legislation, including I was a proud cosponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act, so we've done a lot of work together giving us the roadmap for what we'll do in the future and for all those reasons today President Biden and I are honored to accept the endorsement of these three organizations for exactly four more years, so to get there, let's talk shop and take a moment to really reflect on the historic progress we've made so far.

Many of us are always in the process of fighting to achieve full equality, full freedom, the rights that people are fully entitled to, but let us always take a moment to also see what we have achieved so far while clearly seeing the moment where we currently find ourselves. So we've accomplished a lot, and I know that, in particular, when the Dobbs decision hit a lot of us, it hit us hard. Doug talked about it. Jill talked about it. We all know how we feel. It really was painful. but let's also remember what we've accomplished together to continue to provide each other with the sustenance that we rightly deserve to know that we make a difference when we're in this fight and let's focus on this moment as well and I think this is a moment.

When we're looking at a national agenda that is an all-out attack on many of our most difficult rights and freedoms that we thought were solved a long time ago but are now under attack, that's the moment we're including almost exactly a year ago when The United States The Supreme Court of the United States the Thurgood court the RBG court took a constitutional right that had been recognized by the people of America the women of America took the right of every woman to make decisions about her own body as well that tomorrow many of us will be and I invite you.

I know we will be spread across the country, but I will be in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I intend to describe the impact of the last 365 days on the health, safety and well-being of our nation's women and the impact is clear and a year later it is also clear that the extremists in Congress plan to ban abortion throughout the country, throughout the country, but I have news for these extremists when I look at all the friends and leaders. The people of the United States will not accept that Planned Parenthood does not accept the right to decide laterally.

America won't accept that Emma EMILY'S List won't accept that and you know President Biden and I won't accept that and I believe when I know what's standing. Because you know what to fight for, we defend the freedom of every American, including the freedom of every person everywhere, to make decisions about their own body, their own health care, and their own doctor, which is why we fight for reproductive rights and a legislation that restores the protections of Roe v. Wade and this is what the majority of Americans are with us, they agree, the majority of Americans are with us from Kansas to California during the midterm elections, the F most of the Americans agreed that it was an important attribute and I think this is what the president was talking about.

Most Americans I know also believe that an important attribute of a true leader is the ability to have empathy, to be genuinely curious, concerned, and concerned about other people's struggles. You know something is happening in our country right now or some people. I would suggest that the measure of strength is based on who you defeat, that's perverse, the true measure of strength is based on who you lift up, so as we go forward we know that empathy is a true quality of a true leader and that It's the real Joe. Biden, you might say, and Americans know that as we move forward on this issue it is also a truth that you do not have to abandon your faith or deeply held beliefs to accept that the government should not tell you what to do with your body for Planned Parenthood and a List EMILY wrong we stand and fight for women, for the American people, and for America's dedicated healthcare providers, as our next speaker, and I am so proud to introduce her and OB GYN, who are on the first line of this fight, please welcome Dr.

Serena Floyd, medical director of Planned Parenthood of the Washington DC metropolitan area, thank you, good afternoon everyone, my name is Dr. Serena Floyd, my pronouns are she and I am an obstetrician, certified gynecologist and abortion provider. I decided over 20 years ago to become an OB/GYN doctor because of the significant impact I could have on other people's lives. I became an abortion provider because I wanted to provide compassionate, non-judgmental care to those who have the absolute right to make personal decisions about their health. about their bodies and what is best for them and their families, I am angry and frustrated every day by opponents of sexual and reproductive health who believe they have the right to control the bodies, lives and futures of millions of people for The egregious attacks on reproductive freedom that are sweeping this country directly impact not only those I care for but all of us, whether a patient, parent, partner, family member, friend, advocate or provider like me, which is why I will never It has been more important for us to have Leaders in positions of power who will protect our patients and our ability to do our jobs the way we have been trained to do so.

Leaders with a fierce sense of determination and indomitable resilience that those of us who do this work and our patients need and deserve. President Biden and Vice President Harris have been strong partners for us in the White House and I am very grateful for their leadership. It is now my honor to introduce the President of the United States, Mr. Joe Biden. Jill said her wife should take off her high heels. Russia should go to bed my Lord, you talk about permanent commitment all this time, thank you doctor, I appreciate that presentation. I really do. My name is Joe Biden.

I'm Jill's husband and Kamala's running mate. We all think I'm joking. I want to thank you. start. thanking Kamala for taking the lead on this issue and so many other issues inour campaign and our government and I want to thank Jill and Doug for their work and Shining Spotlight on the issue affecting women and I want to thank all of you, EMILY's List. nerau Planned Parenthood for your support, it's a big deal, it's a big deal, your support was critical last time and we are very grateful for it and we are working hard for you again.

I can't think of three organizations and us. We will make a growing impact on the right and the ability to regain freedom. You know you have troops on the ground in every state. We're going to need all those troops in those states. We want to thank Nancy Pelosi, a good friend. who has been a long-time ally and friend of mine, just as many members of Congress are here and elected officials from around the country, the state, the obvious is already clear, it's almost redundant to say that this fight really matters, really, really . matters from the day the Dobbs decision was made and a year ago tomorrow we have seen the devastating effects across the country women turned away from emergency rooms denied life-saving care mothers college students teachers nurses who they travel hundreds of miles to get basic reproductive health care and we just heard from Jill who heard the stories first hand you know we've all heard the stories first hand people come to you people we know people that we grew up with, you know, and since that dark day in June last year. of you have worked tirelessly to fight back and the Dobbs decision the court particularly practically challenged the women of America to be heard this is the majority wrote that women are not without electoral or political power you haven't seen anything yet Corey, I really mean it Seriously, I think of the challenge that it is, I put it at the time when I didn't think that the court because of that number of members of the Republican Party knew that for decades they have promoted their extreme agenda has any idea about the power of women in the United States .

I said they're about to I found out by the way in the midterm elections that we were supposed to be eliminated, they found out and they're going to find out again. I really believe in my heart. I believe it. Look. We were. We were. We were criticized for making this an issue. In fact, in the midterms they attacked me for it, but you know, all along, Camel, Doug, Jill and I knew that Americans were not going to sit back and let the court take away the right that is so fundamental now that They fight, we would fight. to restore these protections of Roe v Wade and make it the law of the land once again and we will and let most personal decisions fall into the hands of politicians instead of women or doctors, the court was betting that we would all We were silent but my mother had an expression that said Joey never bows down never never gave in just stand up oh you think I'm kidding you know my mom that the American that the women of America would remain silent was beyond comprehension camel and I would remain silently, well, no, we will not remain silent and throughout this country, thanks to the hard work of voters, a clear message was conveyed in Kansas, in Michigan, in Kentucky, at the polls in November, Americans voted for protect women's rights. right to choose done they all showed up and beat them oh it was truly remarkable despite the will of the American people Maggie Republicans made it clear they have no intention of stopping with the Dom's decision no they won't until they get a national ban on abortion Speaker McCarthy has said quote our work is far from over end quote Senator Lindsey Graham wants to criminalizeDoctors and nurses who provide medical care to their patients make it a crime.

Republicans in Congress have proposed three national abortion bans this past year alone. Well, make no mistake about it. Somehow Congress would have passed a national ban. I will veto it, it should also be clear. it's just risk risk abroad privacy for everyone that's because the fundamental right to privacy was recognized it has served as a basis for many other rights that are ingrained in the fabric of our country the right to make the best decisions for your health the right to use contraceptives, did you ever think we would be arguing about that? No, I'm serious, the right to marry the person you love.

Justice Thomas said the same thing in his concurring opinion in the Dobbs citation, for that reason future cases we should all reconsider. courts to due process precedence, including Griswold Large and Obergerfil, these guys mean business, man. I said it when the decision came out and people looked at me like I was exaggerating, but they won't stop there, make no mistake, this election is about freedom. on the ballot once again, look, we made so much progress that we can't let that set us back. I think one of the best ways to continue progressing is to ensure that women are at all the tables where all the decisions are made.

That's not hyperbole, it's not. like the purple one, I promise that my administration would look like the United States, my cabinet is the first female-majority cabinet in history, you just heard from the first woman to be vice president of the United States and perhaps the most critical. Milestones commented tomorrow, we are remodeling our courts. I have appointed more black women to the federal circuit courts of appeals than all the other presidents of the United States combined, and of course I was proud to keep my promise to single out Judge Jackson as the first black woman, and by the way, He is smarter than the rest. it's sorry she's amazing she's really amazing we're also making progress building an economy we're all Americans we have the opportunity to work raise a family buy a house start a business we made historic investments in child care making it more affordable so parents can work and support their children at the same time, the first major law I signed, the American Rescue plan, provided a historic tax rate for millions of families and helped recover child care costs through the largest tax credit increase in history for child care. the dependent the dependent Care Child the tax credit we helped 200,000 opened small businesses continued to navigate the pandemic and serve more than 9.5 million children these things mattered I signed legislation increasing funding for development block grants of child care by 30 percent helping low-income families can afford child care, but there is much more to do and we are fighting for abortion, for example, the United States is still one of the only countries in the world that does not guarantee paid leave.

I remain committed to changing that situation. We can do all this and much more. We can restore the protections of Roe v Wade and make it the law of the land again, but we are going to desperately need your help, so let me ask you this: Do you think your colleagues? with us, well, I tell you what you better be after the opposition fell. I signed two executive orders, my administration took a series of actions to protect access to reproductive health care and it is only the one I signed the third executive order that has strengthened the affordability of high-quality contraceptives the idea that it had to do that I mean not really think about it think about it I know I'm 198 years old but all joking aside think about that I never thought I would I will be signing an executive order that protects the right to contraception, but the only sure way to protect health and women's rights is for Congress to pass a law, as I said before the Court got it right 50 years ago and I think Congress should restore the protections of Roe. v Wade once and for all, so we need your help, so I ask you, if you are with us, are you going to get this done.

I really mean, any clothes left me close to this for the last week. We have seen extraordinary things. support from three of the most important voices in the country who come together to support this campaign, organized climate union leaders and all of you who represent the powerful

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trying to protect the advantage of women's rights, they strongly support their determination, Your defense is the reason I never know. I've said this before and I want you to hear me again. I say this from the bottom of my heart. I have never been more optimistic about America shooting them today and with your help, Kamal and I continue to make progress.

We are going to finish this job you just have to remember who we are, we are the United States of America and there is nothing, no biology, if we work together, so God bless you all, God protect our truth, we are going to do this. let's do it thank you foreigner thank you foreigner foreigner