Dear Neighbors,
In the year since the Supreme Court’s devastating decision in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, nearly half of all of states have outright banned or severely restricted access to abortion. The consequences of this cruel decision are more appalling every day as women are forced to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to seek care or go without. Meanwhile health care providers are placed in an untenable position of delaying or denying lifesaving medical care out of fear of legal prosecution, worsening prenatal care, and making it harder for providers to treat miscarriages and other pregnancy-related emergencies.
The impact of Dobbs has reverberated throughout our health care system and has allowed extremist politicians to intervene between patients and their doctors to make reproductive health care decisions on their behalf.
It has also emboldened Republicans to go even further as anti-abortion extremists have made it clear they have no intention of stopping until there is a nationwide ban on abortion. While state legislatures restrict reproductive rights, radical Republican judges have also attempted to dramatically restrict access to medication abortion, substituting their own ideology for FDA’s rigorous scientific review.
Let’s be clear – everyone deserves to make their own health care decisions. We must pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to ensure that all Americans, no matter where they live, can get the care they need when they need it and that doctors can provide care without fear of criminal prosecution and intimidation.
My Bill to Make Food Labels More Transparent
I held a press conference in New Brunswick on Tuesday to call for more transparent food labels and better guidance for consumers. In April, I introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act to make food labels more consumer friendly and easier to understand. The bill would require updated front-of-package food labeling and updates to the ingredient list on packaged foods, including calorie and key nutrient information so that consumers can clearly distinguish between foods of greater and lesser nutritional value.
