Chairman Neal Statement on Supreme Court’s Rollback of Roe v. Wade

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on June 24. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade:

“Today’s ruling is the dangerous culmination of Republicans’ decades-long effort to roll back women’s freedoms and control their health care decisions. This is a distressing and shameful step backwards. Democrats will fight like hell to protect women’s rights."

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means