STATEMENT BY MAYOR JUSTIN ELICKER ON SUPREME COURT DECISION OVERTURNING THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION

NEW HAVEN, CT – Mayor Justin Elicker released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey today in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, eliminating the right to an abortion:

"The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the right to an abortion is an afront on a person’s bodily autonomy and ability to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions.

It is my firm belief that access to safe, legal reproductive care is a fundamental human right – and the weighty decision on whether or not to have a child should be made by a patient in consultation with their doctor alone.

The City of New Haven is committed to ensuring safe, quality access of reproductive care to any New Haven resident that needs it, and there are many ways residents can access reproductive care, including through Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, Fair Haven Community Health Center, Yale New Haven Health, or their own primary care physician and OBGYN.

New Haven is, and will always remain, a place where no one is denied the right to choose or the reproductive care they deserve. We are not going back.”