House to vote on abortion rights bills after Supreme Court's reversal of Roe
The House will vote on two bills aimed at protecting abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
WASHINGTON — The House is scheduled to vote Friday on two bills aimed at protecting abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
Lawmakers will vote on an updated version of the Women's Health Protection Act, which would codify abortion rights protections into federal law, and the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, which would ban states from punishing those who travel out of state for reproductive health care.
U.S. House and Senate committees hold hearings on abortion accessJuly 13, 202202:45The House last passed the Women's Health Protection Act in September following the implementation of one of the nation's most restrictive laws in Texas and a wave of bans in other states. The bill was narrowly approved in a party-line vote, but it has faced a dead end in the Senate, where the 60-vote procedural hurdle has allowed Republicans to block it from advancing. Republicans in that chamber have already blocked the Senate Democrats' version of the travel bill.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that Democrats are taking action to defend the right to productive freedom.
"Women’s health decisions are her own," she said at her weekly press conference. "They don’t belong to politicians in Washington, D.C. or in state capitols or in the Supreme Court of the United States. They belong to a woman, her family, her God, her doctor, her loved ones."
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