Today’s Supreme Court decision to overturn the precedent of Roe vs. Wade struck like a thunderbolt this morning. Today’s and yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions promoting concealed guns represent a radical turn for the Court – a clear abandonment of judicial precedent and past decisions and embrace of the originalist doctrine. We fully expect a non-favorable decision on West Virginia vs. EPA in the coming days, which will strike at the core of regulatory protections for the environment and climate action. Regardless of where you stand, these have been radical and reactionary decisions.

EmpowerNJ wants to lift up this emergency action being organized by a set of organizations across the state tonight starting at 6 p.m. in South Orange (Spiotta Park), New Brunswick (City Hall), Red Bank (Riverside Gardens Park) and Cherry Hill (Unitarian Universalist Church). These events, organized by Planned Parenthood as well as EmpowerNJ organizations BlueWaveNJ, NJ Citizen Action, NJ Policy Perspective, NJ League of Women Voters and many, many others, are a way to turn anger into action.

Yesterday’s climate rally and march at the State House was a powerful unifying event that brought so many of us together – please work to attend one of these events tonight if you can to stand in solidarity with our allies.

Doug O’Malley, EmpowerNJ Steering Committee

EmpowerNJ Steering Committee (BlueWave NJ, Clean Water Action, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Don’t Gas The Meadowlands, Environment New Jersey, Food & Water Watch)