It’s finally happening. On Monday evening, for the first time, the Senate will vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). If passed, the Act would protect and codify the abortion rights first secured in Roe v. Wade.
For nearly six months now, the 29 million people living in Texas have not been able to access abortions in their home state. And although Texas’s ban and the “copycat” bills popping up all over the country are extreme, any law anywhere that restricts the rights of patients or doctors to receive or provide abortion care is unacceptable. Clearly, we can’t trust the states to protect this essential right, to allow people to make their own decisions about their bodies, their families, and their futures. That’s why we need Congress to pass WHPA.
This historic moment must be matched by historic levels of engagement. I’m asking you to write to your senators today. Urge them to stand with the vast majority of Americans and vote YES on Monday.
Equal access to abortion care everywhere is vital to social and economic equality, reproductive autonomy, and the right to determine our own lives. So, please take two minutes to contact your senators today.
The House already stood up for abortion rights by passing WHPA last year. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. They need to hear from their humanist constituents. Can you take two minutes to send a short email to your senators through our humanist action headquarters?
