Legislation introduced to protect Roe v. Wade and contraception access
Rebecca Barnabi
Last updated: 05:00 PM, 1 August, 2022
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The Reproductive Freedom For All Act would codify women’s rights to abortion and protect contraception access.
Introduced in the U.S. Senate August 1, by Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Lisa Murkowski of Arkansas, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Susan Collins of Maine introduced the legislation to enact federal law the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade and related cases, protecting abortion rights and contraception access. According to the press release, the bill would undo the damage of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and would enshrine in federal law the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
“After the Supreme Court gutted a woman’s right to make personal health care decisions, Congress must restore that right,” Kaine said in the press release. “That’s why I’ve worked with my colleagues to find common ground on this bipartisan compromise that would do just that. The Reproductive Freedom For All Act would restore the right to abortion and protect access to contraception by enshrining those freedoms into federal legislation.”
The legislation would prohibit state regulations that impose an undue burden on a woman’s access to pre-viability abortions, while allowing states to enact reasonable restrictions on post-viability abortions – provided that states cannot ban abortions that are necessary to protect the life or health of the mother; protect access to contraceptives; and preserve conscience protections.
https://augustafreepress.com/legislation-introduced-to-protect-roe-v-wade-and-contraception-access/
“The legislation would prohibit state regulations...”
Isn’t that just what the court ruled on? The federal government putting unconstitutional laws on the states?
Of course that didn’t stop the House from putting forth their new “assault weapons” law which is also against the recent Supreme Court decision.
“personal health care decisions”
Simply demonic.
“states cannot ban abortions that are necessary to protect the life or health of the mother”
That’s the whole ball of wax. “Health” has been an excuse to allow abortions right up to the day of birth.
She move from Alaska??