Elizabeth Warren suggests Planned Parenthood set up 'outposts' in national parks
WASHINGTON (TND) — Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., reportedly believes the federal government should allow Planned Parenthood outposts along the edges of national parks in order to allow locals to skirt any possible state restrictions on abortions.
The senator shared her sentiment with Washington Post reporter Caroline Kitchener following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, a landmark case that had previously provided federal protection to abortion rights.
The recent SCOTUS decision now allows states to ban abortion if they wish, though some complete bans are currently being challenged in court.
In a tweet, Kitchener says that Warren "suggested the Biden administration establish Planned Parenthood outposts on the edges of national parks."
They could put up tents, have trained personnel -- and be there to help people who need it," Warren said, according to Kitchener. "It's time to declare a medical emergency.
Warren was among the many Democratic Party lawmakers who immediately spoke out following SCOTUS's decision to overturn Roe V. Wade. She claims her party has the "tools to fight back," and they "just need to use them."
Six radical Supreme Court Justices have overturned nearly 50 years of precedent, stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion," Warren wrote in a statement made on the day of Roe's overturning. "After decades of scheming, Republican politicians have finally forced their unpopular agenda on the rest of America. They have decided that the government -- not the person who is pregnant -- should make a private health care decision and deny women the right to control their own bodies and futures.
We are angry — angry and determined. We will not go back. Not now. Not ever." Warren added at the end of her statement.
The White House reportedly responded to Warren's proposal, calling it "well-intentioned" but adding it "could actually put women and providers at risk."
“We understand the proposal is well intentioned but here's the thing, it could actually put women and providers at risk...," Kitchener reports the White House saying in a statement. “And importantly in states where abortion is now illegal -- women and providers who are not federal employees, as you look at the federal lands, could be potentially prosecuted there’s actually dangerous ramifications to doing this.”