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HAPPENING NOW: The U.S. House of Representatives is beginning one hour of debate on the Women’s Health Protection Act. #WHPA #ActForAbortionAccess

"Everyone everywhere should have the freedom to make their own personal health care decisions without interference from politicians." —@rosadelauro

"This legislation simply ensures that no matter where they live, patients can access abortion services and health care providers can provide this care without medically unnecessary and burdensome restrictions." —@FrankPallone

"America is the land of the free and the home of the brave, but we cannot truly be a free country unless women have the freedom to make their own health care decisions." —@RepJeffries

“Every woman everywhere has the constitutional right to basic reproductive health care. No matter what state you live in, constitutional rights are not meted out geographically, they are for the country.” — @SpeakerPelosi

"We will have today a vote for women, a vote for respect for women, a vote for decency, a vote for pride in our Constitution." —@SpeakerPelosi

"I urge all my colleagues to stand up for freedom, stand up for abortion, stand up for bodily integrity and vote yes on this bill." —@RepJerryNadler

"It is the Constitution that gives people the right to make decisions about abortion with their families, their doctor, and in accordance with their faith. But for over 50 years this right has been under attack." —
@KatherineClark

"It is the Constitution that gives people the right to make decisions about abortion with their families, their doctor, and in accordance with their faith. But for over 50 years this right has been under attack." —
@KatherineClark

"It's time to put a stop to these attacks once and for all. With today's historic vote we are ensuring that access to abortion care is a right from TX to CA." —@RepJudyChu

"This bill respects our right and the freedom to make our own choices about our bodies and it leaves those decisions up to us and our doctors...It's time to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." —@RepJudyChu

“Let me suggest a different paradigm that protects the full range of women’s health care freedom...I’ll decide what happens to my body and you decide what happens to yours. I’ll decide what’s best for my health and my life and you decide what’s best for yours." —@RepDianaDeGette

"What’s at stake in this fight is not some frivolous benefit, it’s the fundamental right of women across the country to decide." —@RepDianaDeGette

@RepDianaDeGette "Abortion is health care...Women can make the decision to have a child or not have a child. It is about bodily autonomy...I would urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this legislation." —@janschakowsky

“This is a serious issue, some would say it’s an issue about freedom, about individual integrity, as to who makes choices." —@LeaderHoyer

"I hear a lot about freedom, about government not interfering. Madam Speaker, millions of women across the country and the men who stand with them are in shock and outrage at the new law in Texas." —@LeaderHoyer

"Now is the time to pass the Women's Health Protection Act and protect abortion access for every single person across this country." —@RepKathleenRice

“We need a federal law that protects the right to abortion. The Texas ban is not the first to attempt to eliminate abortion access across this country and it will not be the last. Every year the attacks on reproductive health get worse.” —@RepKathleenRice

"These laws take away a woman's right to determine if and when to have a child. And I can tell you as a doctor that these laws also undermine a doctor's oath to help her patients and the trust between doctor and patient." —@RepKimSchrier

"We will pass today to protect the health, privacy, dignity, and freedom of women and families across this country...I am proud to vote in favor of this bill." — @RepFletcher

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"Make no mistake people deserve the freedom to control their own bodies, lives, and futures. We must protect the right to access abortion to ensure that it is available and affordable." —@RepBarbaraLee

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"Passing this bill will provide a critical safeguard against attacks on reproductive freedom." —@RepBarbaraLee

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"Equal access to abortion care everywhere is essential to economic participation, reproductive autonomy, and the right to determine our own lives." —@RepDWStweets

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"This is my body, this is my life, this is my freedom." @RepSpeier

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"Access to safe and legal abortion is about trust. Trust in those seeking reproductive care. Trust that they will know what's best for their bodies and their families. And trust in them to make a choice that only they can make about their own future." —@RepCharlieCrist

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“I want you to close your eyes and imagine being forced to give birth during a global pandemic, fewer in-person visits, more telehealth visits, new parents having children alone without their families, worrying if the baby will catch the virus..." @RepAdams

“...If something goes wrong there may not be space in the ICU. Now open your eyes to the truth, a woman should not have to yield control over her own choices and her own body, so let’s pass this bill, the Women’s Health Protection Act.” —@RepAdams

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"Today we must and we will pass the Women's Health Protection Act. I'm proud to co-lead this bill with Congresswoman Chu to codify abortion care. I urge my colleagues to stand with us to protect reproductive justice and protect this fundamental right." — @RepPressley

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"To deputize complete strangers to interfere with a woman's health choice is constitutionally, medically, and morally wrong." — @RepTeresaLF

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"Many minority, LGBTQ and low-income women can't afford to travel and access quality health care. Let's pass the Women's Health Protection Act so we can protect women's freedom in every state." —@RepTeresaLF

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The House will now take a historic vote on the Women's Health Protection Act. 👏#ActForAbortionAccess #WHPA