Team,

Last week, members of the U.S. Congress started heading back to their home states for their summer work period. During this time, Senators and Representatives will be connecting with constituents to hear what their priorities are right now.

We have an opportunity to send a clear message that we need our representatives in Congress to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) now.

This game-changing piece of federal legislation would protect the right to access abortion care nationwide by safeguarding against bans and medically unnecessary restrictions.

Over the past decade, anti-abortion politicians in states across the country have passed an onslaught of restrictions on abortion care. These restrictions—including mandatory delays, biased counseling, medically unnecessary procedures, and previability bans (like Mississippi's 15-week ban at issue in our current U.S. Supreme Court case)—have decimated access to abortion care in large swaths of the United States.

And it's clear we cannot rely solely on the courts to fight back against this coordinated attack on our reproductive rights. Just last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a Tennessee law that requires patients to make two trips to a provider and wait at least two days to access abortion services after receiving in-person, state-mandated biased counseling. This demeaning restriction does nothing but make abortion harder for patients to access, especially the many Tennesseans who already face barriers to health care.

Equal access to abortion care—everywhere—is essential for social and economic equality, reproductive autonomy, and the right to determine our own lives. When passed, WHPA will protect the right to access abortion care in states across the country.

Our rights can't wait, and we can’t let this opportunity pass us by. So we're asking you to speak out now and join us in calling on Congress to stand up for reproductive rights!

Together, we will protect reproductive rights for all.

In solidarity,

Jackie Blank
Federal Legislative Strategist and Women's Health Protection Act Campaign Manager