WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), president pro tempore emeritus of the
U.S. Senate and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued
the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson
Women’s Health Organization, which returns abortion policy decisions to the
people and their elected representatives.
“Today’s
decision recognized that the weak legal reasoning in Roe v. Wade has
done more to provoke conflict than to resolve it, as the late Justice Ginsburg
observed. In a meticulous and well-reasoned opinion, the court dispensed with a
flawed precedent, as it has rightly done in landmark decisions throughout
history.
“For
many Americans, including myself, this decision is about far more than
correcting a flawed legal analysis in Roe; it means that the rights of
the unborn are no longer in jeopardy by our federal government. Our nation was
founded on the fundamental principle we are endowed by our creator with the
unalienable right to life – a right that must be protected.
“This
ruling does not ban the practice of abortion but instead empowers the people,
through their accountable elected representatives to make commonsense policy
decisions. It takes policymaking out of the hands of unelected judges.
“Regardless
of your views on this issue, or any other issue for that matter, we all should
respect the role of our impartial judiciary and the decisions that it renders.
We’re blessed to live in a country where the people play a leading role in how
we are governed. The people can advocate for policy priorities in the public
square, the halls of Congress and at the ballot box, as so many pro-life
Americans have done throughout the past five decades. Seeking to intimidate or attack the
court or undermine its credibility because of an outcome that you don’t support
is not the answer.”
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