As political leaders and guests shuffled into the U.S. Capitol for President Biden's high-stakes State of the Union address Thursday night, overhead views of the chamber revealed a sea of white. Several Democratic congresswomen donned the color in what they said was a statement about reproductive rights. The show of unity comes at a time when abortion access has been restricted across the country in the fallout of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, and after a Alabama Supreme Court decision sparked alarm about the future of in vitro fertilization. White is historically associated with suffragettes. Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) said on social media that the shade demonstrates our "fight for reproductive health care," adding that "MAGA Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's bodies and reproductive health care - and together we must fight back."

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2024 07:15 UTC