'This is just not America. We're not about taking rights,' Xavier Becerra said Sunday of the Court's decision to overturn the landmark abortion rights case.
"Have you thought about the fact that at times when you were in Congress there were some big Democratic majorities. Was this just something that folks thought was never really at risk and that's why it never got brought up for codification?" Todd asked Becerra, who previously served in Congress by representing California.
"I've been around long enough to know that nothing's ever totally safe. But remember, we still haven't even been able to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, and so this country has a way to go," Becerra responded. Xavier Becerra, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he doesn't believe that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last month that overturned the landmark abortion rights case, Roe v. Wade, will"stand long." Above, Becerra speaks during a news conference on June 28 in Washington, D.C.is going to stand long. This is just not America.
"So that means this has to be done legislatively?" Todd asked."There is no other way to fix this because the Court is the Court for quite some time." "Well, the Court is the Court," Becerra said."The Court can undo the injustice it just visited on millions of women. But I don't expect five justices...to do that. And so the next-best route is to pass a law to codifyWATCH: HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra says the fight for women’s rights “won’t be easy” after the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe.
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