SAG-AFTRA & IATSE Join Chorus Of Hollywood Unions Condemning Supreme Court’s Draft Ruling On Roe v. Wade
deadline.comSAG-AFTRA and IATSE have added their voices to the growing chorus of Hollywood unions condemning the draft Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v.
Wade, calling it “deplorable and alarming.”“Everyone should be able to access the healthcare they need,” the actors guild said in a statement Thursday. “The draft Supreme Court opinion would be a tragic reversal of 50 years of progress on women’s access to healthcare – it is deplorable and alarming.
SAG-AFTRA strives to protect and support the rights of members to have access to necessary health services. The dangers to women’s rights and health by the so-called heartbeat bills are an affront to the protections that women have had for decades.
We are closely monitoring the legal environment around these laws and we will not stay silent in the face of this injudicious attack on women’s rights and health.“IATSE, noting that the leaked draft ruling is not yet the final decision of the court, said: “Should the court’s final decision resemble this outrageous draft, SCOTUS would abandon a 50-year precedent and the will of 70% of the American people to impose one of the worst contractions of freedoms in modern US history.
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