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Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and
Director of the White House Gender Policy
Council (Photo/Whitehouse.gov)
On the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it continues to be at the center of significant controversy. For those who believe in the protection of their reproduction rights, it is a time of mixed emotions.
According to Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, Jennifer Klein, the devastating impact of the Supreme Court decision being overturned is really playing out across the country.
“Thanks to Republican elected officials, women’s lives and health are really at risk,” Klein said. “So, 21 states have extreme abortion bans in place; nearly all of those states’ doctors can be charged with a felony for simply doing their jobs. In Texas, a doctor can be imprisoned for life for performing an abortion. This means that 27...