A Better Wisconsin Together: Releases statement on Women’s Health Protection Act

MADISON, Wis. — Right this moment, the U.S. Senate did not move the Girls’s Well being Safety Act, a invoice co-introduced by Sen. Tammy Baldwin that will assist solidify equal entry to secure abortions throughout the nation.

The act would make it possible for each pregnant individual retains their constitutional proper to have an abortion at a time when Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court docket case that solidified that proper, is being threatened by the court docket’s present Republican majority and a handful of right-wing politicians.

The next are feedback from A Higher Wisconsin Collectively Communications Supervisor, Lucy Ripp:

“Polling and analysis constantly present that People assist our constitutional proper to abortion. Whereas some politicians’ private beliefs could differ, their job is to not make these private and personal choices for us – and it’s clear that an awesome majority need abortion to stay authorized and accessible.

“The Girls’s Well being Safety Act would make sure that each American is free to decide on when, how, and if they begin a household. It could assure that reproductive care, like each different type of healthcare, is a choice made between physician and affected person, not politicians.

“We thank Sen. Tammy Baldwin for exhibiting up for her constituents throughout race, gender, and financial standing and preventing for our proper to make choices about our personal our bodies, free from political interference.

“Sadly Sen. Ron Johnson continues his lengthy historical past of voting for what serves him greatest in lieu of standing up for what Wisconsinites really need. By not voting in favor of what a majority of his constituents assist, marginalized communities throughout the state have probably the most to lose.

“Passing and supporting laws just like the Girls’s Well being Safety Act is a transparent path ahead to sustaining important healthcare and private freedoms for thousands and thousands of Wisconsinites.”

Collectively, we may also help make {that a} actuality. You may name (202) 224-3121 to inform Sen. Ron Johnson that his constituents assist reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.