Dear Friend,
Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth, Patty Murray, and Mazie Hirono re-introduced the EACH Act—a bold, groundbreaking piece of legislation to end the Hyde Amendment and guarantee insurance coverage of abortion. We thank our elected officials who are listening to the majority of people who believe all of us should have the freedom to define our path without politicians interfering. But we need ALL hands, including the support of every member of our U.S. Congress, on deck if we want to achieve true reproductive justice!
What is the EACH Act?
The Equal Access to Abortion Coverage (EACH) Act is a bill that would repeal the Hyde Amendment, which has for over 40 years, restricted federal funds from being used to cover abortions across the country. Even when Roe v. Wade was in place, the Hyde Amendment has pushed abortion care out of reach for people of color working to make ends meet. Last year we all witnessed the fall of Roe and this year, it is clear that the states are doing everything they can to limit and ban abortion entirely.
The EACH Act:
The decision to become a parent is one of the most important life decisions we can make. When people are able to make decisions that are best for their lives, however much they earn, our families and communities thrive. We know that most people who get abortions are already moms; and we also know that no matter how we feel about abortion itself, politicians shouldn’t be allowed to deny someone health coverage for it just because they are struggling financially.
Abortion justice belongs in federal policy, and this bill gets us one step closer.
Thank you,
- Diarra and the entire MomsRising/MamásConPoder team
P.S. Women have, for decades, led the movement to end abortion coverage bans in our communities and on political grounds. We want to use this space to extend gratitude towards our U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee, Jan Schakowsky, Diana DeGette, and Ayanna Pressley and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono, and Patty Murray, for introducing the EACH Act to ensure that every person will have insurance coverage for abortion and be fully in control of their own bodies and lives. We’d also like to thank our partners at All*AboveAll for leading us all on this issue. Together we can and will protect access to reproductive health.
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