Dear MoveOn member,
Tell Congress to pass the Women's Health Protection Act.
This week the Supreme Court refused to stop the extreme Texas abortion ban from going into effect by a 5-4 decision.1 By refusing to halt the implementation of the law, the Court gutted Roe v. Wade and abortion is now all but completely banned in Texas.
With the Supreme Court’s action there is now only one real remedy to protect abortion rights: Congress must act! The Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), which was reintroduced in Congress earlier this summer, would stop extreme bans like the Texas law, and the Republican onslaught of abortion bans and restrictions coming out of state legislatures across the country.2 Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced that the House will be taking up this legislation as soon as they come back from recess, so now is the time to act.3
Abortion restrictions do not have equal impact. As Women's Health Protection Act co-sponsor Rep. Judy Chu rightly highlighted at the bill introduction, if you are wealthy and white, you will always have access to abortion care. But that cannot be said for low-income women, LGBTQ+ folks, or communities of color.4 For millions around the country, access to abortion is already a right in theory but not in reality. Abortion rights are facing the most fraught attacks since Roe v. Wade was passed, which is why we need a national law protecting abortion rights so urgently.
Equal access to abortion care everywhere is essential for social and economic equality, reproductive autonomy, and the right to determine our own lives.
The Women's Health Protection Act is federal legislation that works toward building a future where all of us are free to make the personal decisions that shape our lives, futures, and families, without political interference.
Show up in solidarity for our reproductive freedoms. Sign the petition and tell Congress to pass the Women's Health Protection Act.
Thanks for all you do.
—Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet
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