WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that would have shut down more than half of the state’s abortion clinics:

 “Today the Supreme Court sent a clear message that all women have the right to make their own reproductive health decisions, no matter where they live. This is a victory for women’s health in Texas, in Virginia, and across the country.”

 According to the Guttmacher Institute, Virginia is one of five states with laws restricting abortion access that are substantially similar to those that were struck down by the Supreme Court today.

 In January, Sen. Warner signed an amicus brief in the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt case, urging the Supreme Court to reject Texas’ effort to undermine a woman’s constitutionally protected right to make her own health care choices.

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