Blumenthal, Chu, Baldwin, Frankel and Fudge Introduce Bicameral Federal Legislation to Guarantee Equal Access to Abortion, Everywhere
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- Women's Health Protection Act would stop state anti-choice laws
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Following the recent passage of restrictive anti-choice state laws in
From Roe v. Wade in 1973 to Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt in 2016, the
A recent Politico-Morning Consult national tracking survey found that a majority of registered voters oppose the restrictive laws passed
"As extremist lawmakers viciously attack women's reproductive rights in statehouses across the nation, the Women's Health Protection Act has never been more urgent or more necessary. These demagogic and draconian laws hurt women and families as they make personal and difficult medical decisions. This issue is about more than women's health care, it's about human rights--all our rights," said Blumenthal. "The Women's Health Protection Act will ensure women have access to safe and legal abortions, regardless of their zipcode. It reaffirms what the
"The fact is, the majority of Americans support a woman's right to access safe and legal abortions. The Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) will affirm that right in federal law, providing a necessary safeguard against anti-choice state laws like we have been seeing. Since the
"Right now in states across this country, Roe v. Wade is under attack and millions of women are at risk of losing the freedom to make their own personal health decisions," said Baldwin. "It is past time to stand up to these extreme threats to women's constitutionally protected reproductive rights, which is why I'm championing the Women's Health Protection Act. Every woman, regardless of where she lives, deserves the freedom to make her own, personal decisions about her health care, her family and her body."
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"Safeguarding women's reproductive health is not just a woman's issue. It's a human rights issue," said Fudge. "If I didn't know better, I would think I was living in a nation that did not believe in the
The bill is co-sponsored in the
The bill is co-sponsored in the House by
"With an alarming number of states enacting abortion bans and
"Let's be clear: abortion care is still legal in all 50 states and
"Anti-choice
"In a moment where states across the country are passing reckless, dangerous abortion bans, it is essential that our elected representatives in
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