Dear Friends,
Thanks to the outpouring of support for the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) from constituents like you, Senate Majority Leader Schumer has announced a floor vote on WHPA on Monday, February 28! This will be an historic vote, so we need everyone to act today. Please urge your senators to vote YES on WHPA next week.
Decades of abortion bans and restrictions have put abortion care out of reach for far too many people across the U.S., and disproportionately harm those who already face multiple barriers to health care and other fundamental rights.
The threat to abortion rights have sharply increased over the last year. Nearly six months ago, Texas enacted the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S., ending almost all abortion care in the state. Texas’s ban is not the first attempt to eliminate abortion access, and unless we act now, it will not be the last.
What’s more, the U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering a case that presents a direct threat to Roe v. Wade. If Roe falls, half of U.S. states could act immediately to prohibit abortion entirely. We know that the right to abortion is not real if it only applies to a privileged few.
This is why we need to pass WHPA—a federal bill to protect the right to access abortion against restrictions and bans in every state.
Please urge your senators to vote yes on WHPA on February 28th. We cannot wait any longer for WHPA.
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