For Immediate Release: Friday, May 10, 2024

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Reproductive Freedom for All Responds To Speaker Johnson’s Politico Interview: “This Just Shows Our Movement is Winning”

Washington, DC — In a newly released interview with Politico, Speaker Mike Johnson sided with President Trump in saying the federal government has no role in protecting abortion rights. When asked if he anticipates putting forth any abortion legislation before the election, Johnson said ‘no’.

Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement in response:

“Mike Johnson’s flip-flopping on abortion just proves our movement is winning and that Republicans know they’re losing. “Leaving abortion to the states” is not a moderate position, as 21 states are already enforcing horrifying bans with devastating consequences. 

Voters have made it clear to the GOP that we will not tolerate abortion bans. Mike Johnson and congressional Republicans have shown time and time again they are willing to do anything in their power to restrict our reproductive freedom, and we can’t trust them.

We demand a federal response to the abortion crisis and call on the press to ask the Speaker if he will support federal protections. We demand nothing less from our federal government than locking in the federal right to abortion and expanding access.”

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For over 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.