Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, took to the House Floor to express his continued outrage at the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and to defend abortion rights. Congressman Levin also explained his key role in getting Michigan’s largest health care system, Beaumont-Spectrum, to continue to provide abortion care after they announced they would counter Michigan law. You can watch his remarks here and read an excerpt below:
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my pure outrage at this extremist, right-wing majority of the Supreme Court stripping one of the most important rights in this country away from people—the right to have an abortion.
“And I want to emphasize that abortion is still legal in Michigan. The very day that Roe was overturned in the Dobbs decision, our biggest health system, Beaumont-Spectrum, announced that they would end abortion services—counter to current Michigan law. I worked privately and publicly to reverse that and happily they did so the…same weekend.
“So look, we will fight to restore abortion rights, to maintain them in all the states where they still exist. This is a fight for all of us and it's up to us to protect everyone's rights.”
Original source can be found here.
