Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, voted to pass two bills that will enshrine abortion protections into law and safeguard abortion access—H.R. 8296, the Women's Health Protection Act and H.R. 8297, the Ensuring Women's Rights to Reproductive Freedom Act.  

“Abortion rights are under attack by the right-wing, from the extremist Supreme Court majority to the anti-choice Republican Party, which has made clear it will stop at nothing to institute forced birth policies across the country. Our nation was founded on principles of freedom—that includes a person’s ability to make decisions about their own body, their own family and their own health care,” said Congressman Levin.“As a father of a seventeen-year-old daughter, I refuse to accept a future where she and so many others will not be able to seek abortions freely. This is a fight for all of us and we cannot give up until the job is done.”

The Women’s Health Protection Act is landmark legislation that ensures health care providers have a statutory right to provide abortion care and patients have a statutory right to receive that care, free from state bans and restrictions created to impede or block access.

The Ensuring Women’s Rights to Reproductive Freedom Act protects Americans from extremist Republican politicians and antiabortion groups by ensuring no person acting under state law can prevent, restrict, impede, or retaliate against a person traveling across state lines to obtain a lawful abortion.  This would include vigilantes who could be empowered by states to seek out a person for obtaining an abortion.  

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