U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., attends a 216 news conference about efforts to defund women's health care. On the Brian Lehrer show July 25, she encouraged continued activism in support of abortion rights.U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., attends a 216 news conference about efforts to defund women's health care. On the Brian Lehrer show July 25, she encouraged continued activism in support of abortion rights.U.S. Rep.
"I am certain that there will be continuous demonstrations of one form or another, civil, non-violent and legal," Coleman, a Democrat representing New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, told WNYC's Brian Lehrer Monday. Coleman, several other Congress members and about 20 other people were arrested after allegedly blocking traffic during a July 19th protest of the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision striking down Roe v. Wade. It's now up to individual state legislatures to allow or restrict abortion, though the House onThe matter next goes to the Senate, where it's expected to face strong opposition from Republicans.
"The Senate across the nation from the red states to the blue states top the purple states, whatever it is they represent, needs to hear we as people in this country believe that a woman has the right to make these decisions in here life, and we need Roe v. wade and the protections which were under that decision to be codified," Coleman told Lehrer.
She encouraged supporters of reproductive rights to "blow up their phones," saying if they do so, "then I honest to God believe that the will of the people will prevail."newsletter signupBy submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our
Is it just me, or did anyone else not quite connect what 'blow up their phones' meant based on how this was written?