Thanks to your hard work, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019 has a record 203 cosponsors in the House of Representatives. This is a huge milestone for WHPA and the Act for Women campaign!
Keep the momentum going by urging your representatives in Congress to cosponsor WHPA. Use this form to send a message today.
More than 51,000 people signed a petition calling on Congress to support the Women’s Health Protection Act. On July 23rd, the signatures were delivered to the House of Representatives.
Keep the momentum going by urging your Representative and Senators to co-sponsor WHPA today!
“We deserve to be heard; we deserve to be understood; and we will have our rights protected.” – Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA) in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
This week, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean penned a deeply personal Op-Ed, highlighting the critical role access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare plays in protecting the health and safety of women and their families.
In this piece, the Congresswoman heralds WHPA as the federal policy solution needed to protect a person’s decision whether and when to become a parent. She also writes, “above all, we have to insist that this debate is not abstract. It is about real women making incredibly difficult choices in painful circumstances.”
Read the Op-Ed here.
“Everyone should be able to make their own decision about their health care, including the choice to terminate their pregnancy. And here in Oregon, the three of us are committed to it staying that way,” wrote Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Governor Kate Brown, and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum in a recent Op-Ed.
“At the federal level, Congresswoman Bonamici is tackling this issue with the Women’s Health Protection Act, which reaffirms a woman’s right to abortion free from burdensome restrictions, and the EACH Woman Act, which would make sure abortion care and other reproductive health services are covered for every person – no matter where they live, what their income is or whether they are insured.”
Read more in The Oregonian.
In a recently published op-ed, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-CA) urged her colleagues in Congress to join her in supporting and passing the Women’s Health Protection Act.
“Women’s health care is under assault like we’ve never seen before. States around the country are racing to enact bans on abortion, which will do nothing more than put women’s lives at risk,” wrote Congresswoman Davis.
“The supporters of these bills are clear in their objective: to repeal Roe v. Wade. It’s time to settle this issue once and for all. Congress must pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) to codify the Roe v. Wade decision into law.”
Read more in the Mission Times Courier.
Over 100 young advocates are on Capitol Hill today to urge Members of Congress to support the Women’s Health Protection Act.
During a press conference in Seattle, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-D) called on Congress to join her in supporting the Women’s Health Protection Act.
“The House and Senate must pass the Women’s Health Protection Act without delay so we can protect women from these terribly invasive state laws, including Alabama’s most recent assault on women’s health. We will not let a small band of extremist lawmakers determine our future, determine our health, determine how we will carry out our lives,” said Congresswoman DelBene.
Watch a clip here.
