老澳门开奖结果 Statement on the U.S. House Passing Bills to Protect Abortion Access

July 15, 2022 1:30 pm

Media Contact
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
United States

WASHINGTON 鈥 Following the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills to protect abortion access across the country 鈥 the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), which would protect the right to access abortion by creating federal safeguards against abortion bans and restrictions, and the Ensuring Women鈥檚 Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, which would reaffirm the right to travel out-of-state to seek abortion care and to help those who do. In response to the passage of these bills, J.J. Straight, deputy director of the Liberty Division at the 老澳门开奖结果, issued the following statement:

鈥淲e applaud the House鈥檚 bold leadership in passing these critical bills and sending the clear message to anti-abortion state politicians that their attacks on our bodily autonomy won鈥檛 stand. For weeks, millions of women and other people who can become pregnant have been forced into a nightmare that no one deserves to endure, and the impacts have already been horrific. We urgently need our leaders to take action to address this crisis at all levels of government. We will keep fighting 鈥 in courthouses and legislatures, through protests in the streets, and at the ballot box 鈥 to make sure all of us have the freedom to make decisions about our bodies and futures.鈥

Sign up to be the first to hear about how to take action.

Learn More 老澳门开奖结果 the Issues in This Press Release