House passes abortion access legislation led by Houston Rep. Lizzie Fletcher
Rep. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, D-Texas, accompanied by female House Democrats, speaks at an event ahead of a House vote on the Women's Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2022. WASHINGTON — The U.S.
“Right now, the rights of women and every American are on the line,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. “House Democrats are ferociously defending freedom with these two important bills and we need two more Democratic pro-choice senators so that we can eliminate the filibuster and make this legislation the law of the land.”Rep.
The Democrats’ “effort to create a national policy that allows for terminating a pregnancy at any stage for any reason is not only extreme and outside of the mainstream of America, it is wholly inconsistent with our values and the founding principles of our great nation,” said U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington, a Lubbock Republican.
It comes as the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in June sparked uncertainty in states where old statutes on abortion, some dating back a century or more, remain on the books. Some Texas GOP legislators claim those old laws — revived by the Roe ruling — already do more than just ban abortion in the state, with clauses barring anyone from “furnishing” abortions as well, which they“In my beloved home state of Texas, we are in a crisis. A health care crisis.
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