Chuck Schumer Takes Aim At GOP's 'Anti-Women Agenda' Ahead Of Vote On Female Reproductive Rights

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During remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about GOP policy on female reproductive rights.

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00:00Today the Senate will vote on the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act.

00:04Senate Republicans must answer a very simple question.

00:08Do they believe that women should be trusted to make their own health care choices?

00:12Yes or no?

00:14Will Republicans stand with the majority of Americans,

00:17stand with the mainstream, and stand against Donald Trump

00:20by affirming a woman's fundamental right to choose?

00:23Will Republicans show courage and declare,

00:26as most people in this country prefer,

00:29that the basic protections of Roe v. Wade should be the law of the land?

00:34I want to thank Senator Murray from the great state of Washington

00:37for leading this bill,

00:39and every single female senator on our side of the aisle for co-sponsoring it.

00:44Today's vote will not be the end of the struggle to secure reproductive freedoms,

00:49but it's an important step forward.

00:52Americans want to see where their senators stand.

00:57By voting on these bills on women's health,

01:00we are moving the issue forward

01:02because it's very important and very reasonable for members to be called on

01:06to take a position on a vital issue.

01:09Of course, many Republicans would rather sweep reproductive health under the rug,

01:15saying it's political, but this is not political.

01:17This is the essence of what elected government is like.

01:22We all know these issues are deeply personal to so many people,

01:25and Americans ought to be able to see how their senators vote.

01:31All year long, Senate Republicans have shown everyone

01:34just how out of touch they are with the mainstream.

01:38When senators blocked federal protections for contraception,

01:42when they blocked protections for IVF,

01:45they chose MAGA extremism over the American people.

01:49When Donald Trump pushed not one, not two, but three radical justices to the Supreme Court

01:54with the explicit goal of overturning Roe,

01:57Senate Republicans confirmed them without question.

02:00It was Trump who said, quote,

02:02if we put another two or three justices on the court, that will happen, unquote.

02:07Every time Senate Republicans have gotten a chance to do the right thing this year,

02:12they have consistently doubled down on their anti-woman agenda.

02:16Just yesterday, Senate Republicans again and again came to the floor

02:21to protect women's reproductive freedoms.

02:24Of course, if my Republican colleagues take issue with being called out

02:28for their bared record on women's issues, they have another option.

02:32They should vote yes today.

02:35Maybe it will happen.

02:37Unlikely, but you always hope.

02:40If Republicans don't think women, on the other hand, are second-class citizens,

02:45they should vote yes.

02:47If Republicans don't think women are second-class citizens, they should vote yes.

02:52If Republicans do, in fact, trust women to make their own reproductive choices,

02:56they should vote yes.

02:58I urge them, do the right thing.

03:00And I remind them, America is watching.

Chuck Schumer Takes Aim At GOP's 'Anti-Women Agenda' Ahead Of Vote On Female Reproductive Rights

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