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Feb 18 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) announced that the Senate will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (#WHPA) on February 28. 👏 #WHPA is federal legislation that would protect the right to abortion. #ActForAbortionAccess
This historic vote will be the first time the Senate votes on standalone legislation to enshrine the right to abortion in federal law. We applaud @SenSchumer for taking this important step and the Senators who have championed this bill for years. 👏👏👏
A statement from Nancy Northup, Center CEO: “We are thrilled that the Senate is addressing the urgent need to protect abortion access across the nation. The Supreme Court has failed to stop the Texas abortion ban and is entertaining Mississippi’s quest to overturn Roe v. Wade...”
“It has abandoned its duty to ensure that states do not nullify individual constitutional rights. People are counting on the Senate to do what the Supreme Court will not...”
“The hardship and chaos in Texas right now is coming to other states soon, unless the right to abortion is protected through federal legislation.”
Learn more about #WHPA and the upcoming vote here: reproductiverights.org/senate-vote-wo…

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