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Delgado, Adriana
From:DC O'Brien <packdawg10@yahoo.com>
Sent:Sunday, July
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Meeting date: 7-5-22: Right to Reproductive Freedom in the City of San Luis Obispo:
Item #5G
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The right to reproductive freedom is, in fact, a human right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
"The Court was correct decades ago when it concluded that the 14th Amendment’s liberty clause
protects individual decisions about whether and when to have a child. Roe is part of a century of
cases interpreting the Constitution’s explicit protection for liberty to include the right to bodily
integrity and to make personal decisions related to family, marriage and childrearing." \[_Ms_ April
2022\]
Supporting the right of women to mental, practical and bodily autonomy is the right thing to do
in a 21st century democracy, as most western democracies amply demonstrate.
We thank San Luis Obispo and their Council for taking this important and historical stand.
Sincerely,
Deborah and Michael Stevens
Paso Robles CA
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