I served as Los Angeles City Councilwoman for the residents of District 9 which includes Downtown, Little Tokyo, and South LA. During my 12-year tenure I led catalytic projects such as LA Live, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, and the new Police Administrative Building. I brought in $15 billion in investment, $52 million in net new tax revenue for the City of Los Angeles, and approximately 90,000 full-time jobs.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the recent Supreme Court decision eviscerating Roe v. Wade, ended the fifty-year nationwide guarantee of a woman’s right to choose whether or when she will have children. As a result, whether this fundamental right is available to any woman is now a game of chance, depending on the state in which she resides, as well as her socioeconomic status. This is simply not acceptable. All women should be able to make their own decisions on their reproductive health.
It’s no secret that the majority of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court ruling. A woman’s right to choose what she does with her own body and when (or whether) she will become a parent is deeply personal. It is a choice that should be made between a woman and her physician—not by politicians.