Rishi Kumar is a Silicon Valley hi-tech executive, a mechanical engineer by education, and a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives (CA-16). He is currently a Saratoga City councilmember - elected with the most votes in his city’s election history - and is serving his second term. Rishi is running against Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, who is in her 44th year in public office.
The stripping of women’s rights in the United States is completely un-American. If Roe v. Wade is reversed and the right to an abortion is taken away, this will disrupt our country tremendously.
Roe is not about abortion, but it’s about the right to bodily autonomy and privacy. The right to bodily autonomy is an essential part of our country, without which, the Constitution could be violated even further.
Democracies only work when their leaders work for it. The majority of America believes in a woman’s right to choose, so why are so many representatives opposed?
Codifying Roe v. Wade does not require abortions, but allows women to do what is right for them.
Furthermore, rates of abortions only decrease marginally when they are made inaccessible or illegal. The only thing decreasing is the rate of safe abortions. One of the top causes of death during pregnancy is unsafe abortions.