In shameful vote against the Women’s Health Protection Act, Malliotakis backs bounty hunters over bodily autonomy
Vulnerable Rep. Nicole Malliotakis sent a clear message to New Yorkers today: with reproductive freedom and the constitutional right to an abortion under attack, she sided with bounty hunters over bodily autonomy.
Malliotakis’ vote against codifying the critical protections of Roe v. Wade and affirming nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent is just the latest evidence that she is grossly out of touch with the people of New York. The majority of Americans support the passage of a national law that would protect the constitutional right to safe, legal abortion and stop radical abortion bans, including the one passed this month in Texas. Broad majorities of Americans oppose key provisions of the restrictive Texas abortion law, new polling shows.
Yet when it came time to stand up for her constituents, Malliotakis once again voted to control women’s bodies and lives over protecting their freedom to make their own decisions free from political interference and vigilante bounty hunters.
DCCC Spokesperson Abel Iraola
“Nicole Malliotakis’ vote against protecting women’s freedom to make their own healthcare decisions is flat-out dangerous for her constituents whose longstanding constitutional right to an abortion is under attack. If Rep. Malliotakis won’t stand up to even the most radical abortion bans that place bounties on the heads of doctors and anyone who assists a woman seeking care, she is too extreme for the people of New York.”
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