Blumenthal Joins Senate Democratic Leadership & Democratic Women Senators to Announce Vote on the Women's Health Protection Act

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Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), author and lead Senate sponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Democratic Women in announcing a vote next week on legislation to protect reproductive freedom. The announcement comes in response to a draft majority opinion by the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, threatening fifty years of precedent protecting access to abortion.

"To the men of America, you don't get to sit this one out," said Blumenthal. "Women's health care rights are human rights. Women's reproductive care affects everyone. Women are furious and you should be furious too."

"And most especially to people of color, the LGBT community, low-income women, people who will be most vulnerable, please know we are going to fight for you," Blumenthal continued. "You are not alone. And this fight is going to be now, it will be in weeks to come when these measures are voted on the Senate Floor again. Every Senator will be held accountable."

WHPA, the Blumenthal-sponsored legislation, guarantees a pregnant person's right to access an abortion--and the right of an abortion provider to deliver such abortion services--free from medically unnecessary restrictions that interfere with a patient's individual choice or the provider-patient relationship. The legislation would ensure that abortion access first guaranteed under Roe is a reality for everyone, everywhere.

Blumenthal's remarks can be found below.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal: Thank you to my women colleagues. I'm so proud to stand with you, especially with Patty Murray and Tammy Baldwin who have fought from the beginning when we first introduced the Women's Health Protection Act.

To the men of America, you don't get to sit this one out. Women's health care rights are human rights. Women's reproductive care affects everyone. Women are furious and you should be furious too.

And most especially to people of color, the LGBT community, low-income women, people who will be most vulnerable, please know we are going to fight for you. You are not alone.

And this fight is going to be now, it will be in weeks to come when these measures are voted on the Senate Floor again. Every Senator will be held accountable.

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