My friend,
Abortion care has never been at greater risk during our lifetimes than it is right now.
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) and sent it on to the Senate. Just two days ago, however, Florida’s far-right anti-choice legislators introduced a bill that directly copies Texas’s infamous S.B. 8, which effectively bans abortion care after only six weeks of pregnancy and enables anti-choice “bounty hunters.”
Texas’s draconian S.B. 8 has prompted at least six other states, including Florida, to write their own copycat bills[1] – bills that would prevent people from receiving critical reproductive health care and put millions of lives at risk.
We cannot let this happen. To prevent the grave dangers that will continue to spread as more anti-abortion laws are enacted, the Senate needs to pass WHPA without delay.
Sign this petition to demand that the Senate immediately pass the Women’s Health Protection Act! >>
The Women’s Health Protection Act (S.1975) would provide federal protections for reproductive health care broadly and abortion care specifically – and it’s designed to put an end to, and declare illegal, restrictive laws like S.B. 8 and its copycats. Passing WHPA would lift barriers to care that disproportionately harm people of color, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, low-income people, and people living in rural areas, especially in states where outrageous laws to virtually eliminate abortion access are being passed right now.
With the fate of Roe v. Wade resting in the hands of a radical right-wing Supreme Court, we don't have time to waste. To save every person’s right to access abortion care – and the countless lives at risk – we need urgent action in the Senate.
In community,
Sarah, Digital Campaigns Associate
[1] “Which states' lawmakers have said they might copy Texas' abortion law.” (ABC News, 9/3/2021.)
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