Democrats held their second hearing this week on Thursday in the House Oversight and Reform Committee about their urgent need to pass legislation giving women unlimited access to abortion, up to nine months. The hearings are in response to abortion laws like the one recently enacting in Texas that limit abortions to the first few weeks of pregnancy. Chairman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said it is urgent the Senate pass the Women’s Health Protection Act because of all the “extremist” state abortion laws being filed and the “hostile” Supreme Court, referring to the conservative majority. Maloney said women need to have control over their own bodies and that state governments are putting women’s rights in peril, as “they are bulldozing right through them. We must take bold action to protect and expand abortion care rights and access.” “Last week, the House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Judy Chu’s Women’s Health Protection Act, …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta