Call Your U.S. Representative

By MUUSJN on Friday, November 8th, 2019

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(Capitol Switchboard)
AND A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE ENERGY & COMMERCE COMMITTEE FROM MICHIGAN: Rep. Debbie Dingell (D); Rep. Fred Upton (R); and Rep. Tim Walberg (R)
Tell him/her to support the

Women’s Health Protection Act (HR 2975)

Abortion rights must be protected: Congress must pass the WHPA Now!

With an anti-choice majority on the Supreme Court, our reproductive rights are under a clear and direct threat. Passing the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) will protect abortion rights from many state restrictions and bans.

The WHPA (HR 2975) introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) now has 213 co-sponsors. Your support can move the more friendly U.S. House to take action on this bill. This bill can pass the House. A sister bill in the Senate (S. 1645) already has 42 co-sponsors.

This important legislation would protect abortion access from:

  1. Bans on abortion before viability — a direct violation of our constitutional rights guaranteed under Roe v. Wade;
  2. Requirements that doctors provide medically inaccurate (or even false) information to people seeking an abortion;
  3. Restrictions on ability to access medication abortion in the earliest weeks of pregnancy; &
  4. State mandated medical procedures and protocols, such as forcing women to undergo ultrasounds or waiting periods for no medical reason, to shame their personal decisions.

ABORTION IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL AMONG VOTERS OR PEOPLE OF FAITH

The public may not realize that the majority (73%) of American voters do not want Roe v. Wade overturned. Two thirds (67%) think abortion should be legal in “all” or “most” cases. It’s also a misunderstanding that the majority of religious people oppose abortion. According a study from the Pew Research Center that more than 50% of people from the following religious groups say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases: Unitarian Universalist; Jewish; Buddhist; Episcopal; United Church of Christ; Hindu; Presbyterian; Evangelical Lutheran Church of America; African Methodist Episcopal Church; National Baptist Convention; Anglican Church; Muslim; and Orthodox Christian. Among Catholics, slightly more (48%) felt abortions should be legal vs. 47% illegal.

The WHPA is currently in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The bill was introduced in May. Now the House needs to hold hearings on this bill!

CALL Your U.S. Rep. and members of the House Energy Committee. TELL THEM:

  1. The majority of American voters believe abortion should be legal and safe;
  2. The rights of women are being threatened by a more radical Supreme Court;
  3. The majority of voters & people from major faith groups believe abortion should be legal;
  4. HR 2975 restores the reproductive rights of American women;
  5. Hold a hearing on HR 2975, the Women’s Health Protection Act!




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