DES MOINES – Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and paved the way for extreme abortion bans across the country:

“In the two years since Donald Trump’s Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade, millions of women across the nation have suffered the consequences of the draconian abortion bans and attacks on other aspects of reproductive health care. Iowans have been lucky to maintain their rights to reproductive freedom so far, but the state supreme court will likely decide whether a six-week abortion ban is legal in Iowa this week. That leaves Iowans worried about whether contraception and IVF will be on the chopping block next, and whether it’s safe to start a family. These laws scare away young people and our workforce. If Trump receives a second term as president, he and his MAGA cronies like Governor Kim Reynolds want to double down on this anti-choice, anti-freedom agenda and implement a nationwide abortion ban. Iowans won’t stand idly by as Trump continues to put their rights on the chopping block. We are mobilizing every day to ensure that a national ban never comes to fruition. Come November, Iowans need to know that President Biden and Vice President Harris are the only candidates in this race who are committed to defending and restoring reproductive rights.”

While Trump and MAGA Republicans are working to ban abortion access Nationwide…

• Trump endorsed allowing states to punish and prosecute women who have an abortion and refused to rule out signing a nationwide abortion ban.

• Trump has said it over and over again: He supports a national abortion ban.

• Trump “proudly” killed Roe v. Wade and thinks that cruel abortion bans across the country are “working very brilliantly.”

• Trump continues to take credit for overturning Roe and boasts about it any chance he gets.

President Biden and Vice President Harris are fighting to protect a woman’s right to choose by:

• Calling on Congress to codify the protections of Roe into law, restoring rights women relied on for nearly 50 years.

• Strengthening patient privacy and access to contraception.

• Supporting a woman’s right to travel for medical care.

• Promising to veto a national abortion ban and affirming that, if given a Democratic majority in Congress, they will codify the protections of Roe in federal law once and for all.