By Sean Ryan
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13), co-chair of the Pro- Choice Caucus, released a statement on the failure of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) — legislation that protects the right to access abortion nationwide — in the Senate on May 11.
This legislation safeguards abortion rights against the barrage of state-based attacks and provides a bulwark against the anticipated Supreme Court action to strike down or erode the protections established in Roe v. Wade and failed by a vote of 49-51 in the Senate.
“There has never been a more important time for Congress to step up and protect the right to an abortion,” said U.S. Rep. Lee, co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus. “Recent efforts by the Supreme Court to abandon 50 years of precedent and deny the American public their constitutional right to reproductive autonomy is alarming.
“Wealthy Americans will always have access to abortion, and the impacts of a decision overturning Roe v. Wade will fall hardest on individuals who already face barriers to accessing care, specifically people with low incomes, and Black and brown women. The Senate’s failed passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act has made it clear that anti-abortion politicians will not stop at Roe v. Wade. They are committed to controlling people’s personal healthcare decisions.
“We cannot go back to the days before Roe v. Wade. We must fight with everything we have to protect our reproductive freedoms. As the Co-Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, I’m going to continue working with my colleagues to find a pathway toward safeguarding our decades old constitutional right to reproductive choice. The public is on our side, we just need to muster up the political will to get it done. This fight is not over.”
Sean Ryan is a member of the media relations office in Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s office.
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