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preme Court appears
poised to either overturn
or significantly
weaken the abortion
ruling of Roe v. Wade.
“If Roe falls, as you
have heard, over half
the states of the United
States are likely to ban
abortion,” Northup
said. “In the decade that
I have been advocating
for this, I have never
been as concerned as I
am today about the future
of Roe.”
“We must pass the
WHPA. It is a critical
step towards creating
a world where everybody,
whoever they are
and wherever they live,
to be free to make the
best decisions for themselves,
their families
and their lives,” Timmaraju
said.
Each pro-choice activist
stood with Senator
Schumer and emphasized
the role of
constituents to educate
their fellow neighbors
and senators on reproductive
rights.
“To my Latina sisters
in Texas, in Florida
and in other parts of the
country, I tell you that
you are not alone. This
is the moment to fight
for the rights of women,
to bring it to Washington
and demand the
immediate passage of
WHPA,” said Executive
Director Ávila-Guillé
of Women’s Equality
Center in Spanish.
“Abortions should not
be a privilege for those
who have means and
for those who are lucky
to live in a good state.
Abortion is a right for
all.”
BY MYRIAN GARCIA
On Feb. 24, Senator
Chuck Schumer urged
his fellow senators to
vote for the Women’s
Health Protection Act
outside the U.S. Federal
Courthouse.
“We are here today
as a united front on the
issue of women’s rights,
their protection and
their health,” Schumer
said. “We are in the
midst of a downright
dangerous domino effect
attack on women’s
reproductive rights. We
are here because we can
and we must assert the
federal government’s
role to protect the constitutional
right to
abortion. I am announcing
that the Senate will
vote on the critical
WHPA.”
The Women’s Health
Protection Act will ensure
the protection of
a person’s ability to determine
whether to continue
or end a pregnancy
and the protection of
a health care provider’s
ability to provide abortion
services. This bill
passed the House of
Representatives on Sep.
24, 2021. Now, Senator
Schumer leads the way
to secure the passage of
the bill in the Senate on
Monday, Feb. 28.
“We have scheduled
to vote on the WHPA
this upcoming Monday,”
Schumer said.
“We are here to throw
cold water on the
flames of anti-women
bigotry and affirm five
sacred words: Abortion
is a fundamental right.”
Joining the Senator
today were other leaders
in the Pro-Women’s
Health Care Movement.
Among the leaders was
Alexis McGill Johnson,
president of Planned
Parenthood; Dr. Meera
Shah, chief medical officer
of Planned Parenthood;
Mini Timmaraju,
president of NARAL
Pro-Choice America;
Elizabeth Estrada, New
York advocacy manager
for the National Latina
Institute for Reproductive
Justice; Nancy Northup,
CEO of Center for
Reproductive Rights;
Paula Ávila-Guillé,
executive director of
Women’s Equality Center
and human rights
attorney; and Breya
Johnson, deputy director
and manager of
Girls for Gender Equity.
Additionally, four
New York City Council
members spoke including
Councilwoman and
Chair of Women and
Gender Equity Committee
Tiffany Cabán,
Assemblywoman Deborah
Glick and representatives
from organizations
such as the
National Asian Pacific
American Women’s Forum
and the Jahajee
Sisters.
“This is historic legislation,”
Council member
Adams said. “As
New Yorkers, as advocates
and as women, we
are calling on all senators,
Democrats and
Republicans, to support
access to safe reproductive
health care. Let’s
pass this bill and get it
to the president’s desk
for his signature.”
The Supreme Court
decision in Roe v. Wade
in 1973 set the precedence
for the protection
of a pregnant woman’s
liberty to choose to have
an abortion without
excessive government
restriction. However,
many states have proposed
new legislation
that restricts certain
reproductive rights.
“More than 230 bills
have been introduced
in 39 states to block
access to abortion,”
Johnson said. “Today
is 176 days since Texas
could access abortion
after approximately six
weeks before many people
even know that they
are pregnant. Abortion
bans are rapidly
advancing across the
country threatening access
to this critical care
and plainly violating
the U.S. Constitution.”
Texas Governor
Greg Abbott signed
Senate Bill 4 into law
in September 2021. This
bill bans any person
from providing an abortion
inducing drug to a
pregnant woman. Additional
anti-abortion
measures have been
taken by many states
across the nation.
Nationally, the Su-
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