On Dobbs anniversary, Senate Democrats aim to restart abortion conversation
Source: Washington Post
June 22, 2025 at 6:46 p.m. EDT
Just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Nancy Davis learned that her fetus had a fatal cranial condition. She sought an abortion in her home state of Louisiana, but a “trigger law” took effect shortly after the June 2022 decision. The law banned nearly all abortions in the state, and doctors were unsure if Davis’s case fell within its few exceptions, forcing her to travel to New York to have an abortion.
Now, three years post-Roe, Davis worries for patients who may still face the kind of excruciating decisions about their pregnancies that she did. On Tuesday, she will help Senate Democrats as they try to bring abortion and reproductive health care back to the forefront on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“I know these women who are currently going through it need someone to say ‘I see you,’” Davis told The Washington Post. “‘I believe you.’” In a forum designed to resemble a congressional hearing at the Capitol, Davis will share her story with an audience of Senate Democrats and members of the press alongside other witnesses, including two abortion providers. They will speak about their experiences in the three years since the high court eliminated the nearly 50-year constitutional right to an abortion — part of an ongoing effort from some Democrats to keep steadfast attention on the issue.
The event, known as a shadow hearing, allows for a public forum to be held without conducting an official Senate hearing, which would’ve required approval from Republican leaders who chair committees. The move comes at a time when abortion appears to have drifted away from where it once stood as a key political issue.
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