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Statement

Moms Demand U.S. Senators Vote ‘No’ on Amy Coney Barrett

October 23, 2020
Workplace Justice, Reproductive Justice, Health Care, Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the upcoming Senate vote on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Supreme Court:

“When the 100 U.S. Senators vote on whether to give Amy Coney Barrett a lifetime appointment on our highest court, they will be voting on whether:

  • Tens of millions of moms in America, and their loved ones, will lose their health coverage.
  • America’s moms, their daughters and sons, will be able to access birth control and abortion care.
  • America’s moms will have meaningful protections against wage, promotion, and other forms of discrimination in the workplace, in education, and in civic life.
  • Moms of color, immigrant moms, LGBTQ+ people, and those with disabilities will escape the structural racism and bias that constrains and limits their success.
  • Our government will continue tearing babies and children away from their asylum-seeking moms.
  • Opportunity in this country will be equal, women will be respected, and our democracy will be secure.

“The upcoming vote on Amy Coney Barrett matters deeply to moms, and we will be watching closely. President Trump and the U.S. Senate Republican majority have abused their power, subverted the rules, ignored their own promises, and violated common decency as they have packed the courts with jurists who do not share the country’s values.

“Moms want a U.S. Supreme Court that will protect, not shred, our rights and liberties. Every U.S. Senator who cares about moms, families, and our future must vote ‘no’ on confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.