As the House prepares to vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, House Republicans must tell voters where they stand
Silence speaks volumes, and on protecting reproductive freedom and the constitutional right to an abortion, it appears many House Republicans have lost their tongues.
As the House gets set to vote on legislation that would take the long-overdue step of codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade and affirm nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent, voters deserve to know if their representatives will stand with them and the majority of Americans who support access to safe, legal abortion.
This legislation could not be more urgent, after Texas Republicans passed a radical bounty-hunting abortion ban that controls people’s decisions and criminalizes doctors who provide care for their patients. This is the loudest alarm yet that abortion access is in grave danger, in Texas and across the country. Let’s remember that back in 2019, when Alabama’s abortion law passed – what was then the strictest in the nation – Kevin McCarthy said it “goes further than I believe.”
While the Texas bill is even more extreme, it’s part of the Republican agenda to end access to abortion in this country. Extremist Ringleader Kevin McCarthy and his caucus must answer now: will they stand up for Americans’ freedom to make their own personal health care decisions, or once again show that they are completely out of touch with American voters?
DCCC Spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre
“To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Leader McCarthy and House Republicans have gone dead silent at a time when their constituents need them the most. They have a choice: stand up for Americans’ freedom to make their own decisions about their bodies, or answer for their radical attacks on reproductive health care at the ballot box in 2022.”
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