In shameful vote against the Women’s Health Protection Act, Katko and Tenney back bounty hunters over bodily autonomy
Vulnerable Reps. John Katko and Claudia Tenney sent a clear message to New Yorkers today: with reproductive freedom and the constitutional right to an abortion under attack, they sided with bounty hunters over bodily autonomy.
Katko and Tenney’s votes against codifying the critical protections of Roe v. Wade and affirming nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent is just the latest evidence that they are grossly out of touch with Central New Yorkers. 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 the people of Central New York, Katko and Tenney 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
“John Katko and Claudia Tenney’s votes against protecting women’s freedom to make their own healthcare decisions is flat-out dangerous for their constituents whose longstanding constitutional right to an abortion is under attack. If Katko and Tenney 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, they are too extreme for Central New York.”
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