PRIORITIES

Missouri was the first state in the country to ban abortion after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturned, Roe v. Wade, and the harm it continues to cause is devastating. Stripping people of their reproductive rights is not just an attack on bodily autonomy; it’s a deliberate way of stoking class warfare and advancing white supremacist ideologies. Vulnerable communities — especially Black women, people with low incomes, and those without access to health care — are most at risk.

• I won't stop until abortion care is legal everywhere. I'm committed to protecting and expanding abortion because access to comprehensive care includes reproductive care. Following the Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, I introduced three pieces of legislation that would transform how we approach reproductive care, breaking down barriers and strengthening access so everyone can get the reproductive healthcare they need. I champion universal health care and will continue sponsoring landmark pieces of reproductive care legislation that protect and advance health care for all. 

• In Congress, I introduced legislation that would guarantee equality of rights under the law for everyone, regardless of gender. This ERA Now Resolution — alongside the Equal Rights Amendment Caucus that I co-founded — works to affirm that the ERA is the 28th Amendment, advancing gender equality under the law. This caucus is now one of the five largest caucuses in Congress, and continues to advance reproductive rights. 

• This is personal. I’ve talked before about how and why I chose to terminate my pregnancy after I was sexually assaulted in 1994. That decision was the hardest one I’ve ever made, but it was right for me and it altered the course of my life. I can’t describe the rage I feel now when I think that today’s Supreme Court would have tried to force me, and others like me, to carry our rapist’s child.