Schatz Helps to Introduce Legislation to Protect Access to Reproductive Care
Groundbreaking Women’s Health Protection Act Prohibits Burdensome Requirements on Access to Reproductive Health Care
Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to introduce legislation that would prevent states from passing laws that restrict or bar women from accessing reproductive care. The groundbreaking Women’s Health Protection Act would prevent states from imposing burdensome and unconstitutional restriction anti-choice laws.
“Every woman, regardless of where she lives, should have the right to make her own decisions about her body,” said U.S. Senator Brian Schatz. “This bill would ensure that choices remain in a woman’s hands, preventing states from pursuing onerous restrictions meant to shame women and take away their access to reproductive care.”
The Women’s Health Protection Act would protect a woman’s right to a safe and legal abortion by preempting restrictive regulations and laws meant to limit reproductive health services for women, like mandating that doctors perform unnecessary and invasive tests and procedures or forced waiting period for patients. Senator Schatz is an original co-sponsor of this legislation.
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