NARAL Celebrates Release of Historic Appropriations Bill Advancing Reproductive Freedom
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The Financial Services and General Government subcommittee of the
"This is a monumental moment for reproductive freedom. We are thrilled to see this year's first federal spending bill released without harmful bans on abortion coverage that we know disproportionately harm people working to make ends meet, especially women of color, young people, and transgender and non-binary people. This historic moment was made possible by the leadership of the reproductive justice movement and women of color who have spent decades working to ensure that access to abortion care is not dependent on how much money someone makes or how they get their insurance. Now,
For years, anti-choice Congressional lawmakers added abortion coverage bans as policy riders to federal spending bills, including restrictions prohibiting insurance coverage of abortion through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and barring DC from using its own locally raised funds to provide coverage for abortion care. The first federal spending bill introduced in this year's appropriations process is free of the ban on abortion coverage for federal employees and the harmful DC abortion coverage ban. We are hopeful that leaders in
Today's victory for abortion access comes as the threats to reproductive freedom are more acute than ever. This year alone, anti-choice lawmakers have introduced, advanced, or passed more than 315 restrictions and attacks on abortion care at the state level.
In the midst of these unyielding attacks, the
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