Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava releases statement on SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

Today, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, overruling the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which protected women’s constitutional right to choose. 
 
In response, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava released the following statement: 
 
“What we heard from our nation’s highest court today is not a reflection of the America we know and love. My heart breaks for the women and girls of our nation, and the generations before us who sacrificed everything so we could hold the fundamental right to make safe, informed health decisions about our own bodies. 
 
This decision to overturn Roe v Wade is more than a reversal of 50 years of reproductive rights. It's a devastating assault on the personal, economic, and medical freedom of women in America and will endanger the health of too many, particularly the most vulnerable among us. This is a cruel step backwards for our nation and its impact will be felt for generations to come.  
 
To women and girls everywhere: Please know this is not the end – we will continue the long fight for the human rights we deserve with more urgency now than ever before. We did it once, we’ll do it again.”