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It has been 100 days since the Republican-appointed Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending 50 years of reproductive freedom as we knew it. Since then, countless horror stories have surfaced: a 10-year-old rape victim forced to flee her state to get health care, women who experience miscarriages and people with auto-immune diseases unable to access vital medication, women told they’d have to give birth to a non-viable fetus, and more.
Despite the cruel stories and the widespread backlash at the ballot box, House Republicans and David Schweikert have doubled down on their war on women with continued promises to pass a nationwide abortion ban:
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Schweikert has backed the Republicans’ “Commitment to America” which prioritizes “protect[ing] the lives of the unborn,” as Republican leaders promise a nationwide abortion ban.
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Schweikert signed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn Roe.
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Schweikert signed on to a national abortion ban that doesn’t offer execptions for rape, incest, or the life of the woman, and more than 100 Republicans have signed on to another.
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Schweikert voted against the Right to Contraception Act, to enshrine women’s and families’ right to access contraception into federal law.
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Schweikert voted against the Women’s Health and Protection Act, which would codify Roe to protect a woman’s right to abortion.
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Schweikert voted against the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, which would safeguard a woman’s right to travel to another state to receive an abortion if their state bans the medical procedure. This bill would stop states from putting a bounty on the heads of women, families and doctors who assist in obtaining an abortion.
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The Republican Study Committee – which Schweikert is a member of – doubled down on calls to “end abortion” nationwide in their newly released agenda.
DCCC Spokesperson Monica Robinson:
“Millions of women have gone 100 days without the freedom to make their own health care decisions because Republicans like David Schweikert want to outlaw abortion. Arizonans will reject Schweikert and his toxic agenda in November because they want their freedoms restored – not taken away further by extreme Republicans.”
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