While the act may have little chance of passage, it’s a message to those who need an abortion that they are not alone.
into law. Now, with the House under Republican control and Democratic holdouts like Joe Manchin refusing to change his tune, this latest proposed bill won’t change that record.decision unleashed a fury from the U.S. electorate. In every election since that abhorrent decision was handed down, voters have expressed support for legal abortion, even in traditionally conservative states like
. The electoral appetite is there for federal abortion rights legislation. And since the bill is essentially dead on arrival, why not go big? Why not actually introduce a law that truly addresses the problem in a holistic, justice-centered way?into law. For the nearly half century that abortion was legal nationwide, there were still numerous barriers to abortion care, particularly for Black and Brown women, immigrants and low-income folks.
That’s why the Abortion Justice Act is so exciting — not because it has any chance of becoming law, but because it boldly lays out a vision for what a truly reproductively-free U.S. would look like. In the bill’s introductory text, it makes clear that this legislation isn’t just about legalizing abortion, but about addressing the gaps that have always existed: “was never enough.
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