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TESTER VOTES TO PROTECT WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE PRIVACY

Press Release

Date: May 11, 2022
Issues: Abortion

U.S. Senator Jon Tester today released the following statement after voting in favor of advancing the Women's Health Protection Act to a final vote in the Senate. The vote failed 49-51.

"Women must have the right to make their own health care decisions without interference from their government. If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it will be ripping away a right that women have had for nearly 50 years. That's why I voted to codify the protections in Roe--because removing those protections will have devastating consequences for women across the country. Those consequences start with Republican politicians criminalizing women and their doctors for exercising a long-held right."

The Women's Health Protection Act, which Tester cosponsors, would codify the health care protections of Roe v. Wade into law.


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