Frankel, Blumenthal, Baldwin, Chu, and Fudge Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Access to Reproductive Care

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Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), joined U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Tammy Baldwin (WI), and U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (CA-27) and Marcia Fudge (OH-11) today to reintroduce the Women's Health Protection Act of 2015, a historic pro-choice bill that would make it illegal for states to chip away at women's reproductive rights.

The Women's Health Protection Act creates federal protections against state restrictions that single out abortion services for unnecessary regulations. It protects a woman's individual constitutional rights and her ability to access quality health care, no matter where she lives.

It would prohibit laws that impose burdensome requirements on access to reproductive health services like requiring doctors to perform tests and procedures that doctors themselves have deemed unnecessary, or preventing doctors from prescribing and dispensing medication as is medically appropriate. These restrictions are unnecessary, extreme measures that do not significantly advance women's health or the safety of abortion services. Instead, they aim to make abortion services more difficult to access.

Frankel said, "Every woman deserves the right to make her own health care decisions, no matter what state she lives in."

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