WATCH: Democratic Governors Featured for Defending and Expanding Reproductive Health Care Access

With the U.S. Supreme Court signaling an end to Roe v. Wade, national news stations are putting Democratic governors in the spotlight for expanding reproductive health care access and acting as the last lines of defense against GOP efforts to ban abortion.

Here’s a roundup of Democratic governors and candidates defending choice on tv this week:

• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on MSNBC: “I want to use every tool I can, and I will fight like hell to protect this right for Michigan women.”

• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on CNN: “This is something that is going to have a dramatic impact on millions of women in my state, and that’s why I’m fighting.”

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on MSNBC: “Abortion is on the ballot now.”

• New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on CNN: “We are going to stand as a place that protects and supports women.”

• Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on CNN: “Republicans are obsessed with taking away freedoms … We have another path in Colorado. We respect the right to choose.”

• Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on CNN: “Every candidate for governor … needs to be asked where they stand on this.”

• Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on MSNBC: “Illinois is already an island in the midwest that protects women … We’ve seen thousands of women here who have been left with no other choice than to cross state lines into Illinois to exercise their rights.”

• New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on MSNBC: “A war has been declared on the American women … It’s incredibly disgusting, and we’re going to fight tooth and nail and do everything we can.”

• Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on CNN: “I’ll keep doing what I’ve been doing throughout my term in office, and that is to keep vetoing any bill that challenges a woman’s right to make her own decision.”

• Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on MSNBC: “You cannot believe that it’s okay to steal the ability for women to have bodily autonomy and say you believe in human civil rights. I cannot do that. And as governor, I will not do that.”

• Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro on MSNBC: “It’s clear that the battle to protect abortion rights is going to now happen in the states … Here in Pennsylvania, the stakes could not be higher … the Republican-led legislature will put a bill on the next governor’s desk to ban abortion, and we know that the leading [Republican] candidates would sign it into law and I would veto that bill.”

• Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke on CNN: “I think we know the stakes, what we’re up against, and how urgent our action is at this moment. The people of Texas are answering the call.”

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