Summer Lee calls on supporters to fight back against a ‘Trump abortion ban’

U.S. REP. SUMMER LEE addresses the media outside the City-County Building, Jan. 22. For her, it was all about stopping an abortion ban that she attributes to the former president, Donald Trump. (Photo by J.L. Martello) 44 percent of abortions in Pa. were performed on Black women in 2021 Maybe there was a reason Congresswoman Summer Lee braved the cold, near-freezing temperatures Monday afternoon, Jan. 22, to address the media outside the City-County Building, Downtown. The only thing that was “colder,” in her opinion, was former president Donald Trump appointing justices to the Supreme Court that eventually played a big part in overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision 51 years ago to the day that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion. In 2022, the Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision. The three Trump appointees—Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett—all voted to overturn the decision. And now, with Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee—again—for President of the United States, U.S. Rep. Lee and others are warning their supporters to fight back against a proposed federal abortion ban. CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE, AT THE PODIUM, JAN. 22. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) “Today,...