STATEMENT FROM KIERRA JOHNSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE, ON LEAK OF DRAFT SCOTUS DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 3, 2022) – The following can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force “This morning, the nation woke up to the horrifying news that a draft decision from the Supreme Court related to the overturning of Roe v.
Wade signals a full reversal by the court and the potential to undermine and overturn other important decisions impacting LGBTQ people, people of color, and others whose rights were won after the Constitution was ratified.
Visionaries over generations have been adding to the foundation of this document, in an effort to evolve our laws and policies to be relevant to the changing times and inclusive of the rapidly growing and changing demographics as the country expanded.
We should be proud of battles fought and won to eradicate slavery, to ensure women and black people were guaranteed the right to vote, and to have marriage be affirmed and legal between two people regardless of gender.
