Women's Health Protection Act

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Women’s Health Protection Act
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Long titleAn Act to protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.
Legislative history

The Women's Health Protection Act (H.R. 12) is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives aimed at expanding abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. It was first introduced in 2013 by Congresswoman Judy Chu and sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal. In the 117th Congress, the act was re-introduced in response to Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson and later Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In 2021, it passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 218-211,[1] but it was defeated in the Senate on a 46–48 vote in February 2022[2][3][4][5] and a 49–51 vote in May 2022.[6]

Among key facets of the bill include preventing state and local governments from regulating abortions before fetal viability, or when the mother's life or health is at risk after fetal viability, and preventing government from restricting access to abortion services unless a compelling state interest has been shown in such restrictions. Violations would be investigated and prosecuted by the Department of Justice.

Legislative history[edit]

Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status
113th Congress Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 3471 November 11, 2013 Judy Chu (D-CA) 132 Died in committee.
S. 1696 November 11, 2013 Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 35 Died in committee.
114th Congress Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 448 January 21, 2015 Judy Chu (D-CA) 146 Died in committee.
S. 217 January 21, 2015 Richard Blumenthal(D-CT) 35 Died in committee.
115th Congress Women's Health Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 1322 March 2, 2017 Judy Chu (D-CA) 169 Died in committee.
S. 510 March 2, 2017 Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 42 Died in committee.
116th Congress Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2975 May 23, 2019 Judy Chu(D-CA) 217 Died in committee.
S. 1645 May 23, 2019 Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 43 Died in committee.
117th Congress Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 3755 June 8, 2021 Judy Chu (D-CA) 215 Cloture not invoked (46-48).
S. 1975 June 8, 2021 Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 47 Referred to Committees of Jurisdiction.
Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 H.R. 8296 June 7, 2022 Judy Chu (D-CA) 3 Passed the House (219-210).
S. 4132 May 3, 2022 Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 0 Cloture not invoked (49-51).
118th Congress Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 H.R. 12 March 30, 2023 Judy Chu (D-CA) 212 Referred to Subcommittee on Health (April 7, 2023)
S. 701 March 8, 2023 Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) 48 Second reading (March 9, 2023)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Chu, Judy (2021-09-21). "H.R.3755 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Women's Health Protection Act of 2021". Congress.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  2. ^ Kapur, Sahil; Vitali, Ali (February 28, 2022). "Senate rejects Democratic bill to codify abortion rights". NBC News. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Morgan, David; Cowan, Richard (2021-09-24). "U.S. House passes abortion rights bill, outlook poor in Senate". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  4. ^ Franck, Thomas (2021-09-24). "House passes bill to protect abortion rights in response to restrictive Texas law". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  5. ^ Hulse, Carl (2021-09-24). "House approves measure to protect abortion rights amid threats from states and the courts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  6. ^ Shivaram, Deepa (2022-05-11). "A bill to codify abortion protections fails in the Senate". NPR. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
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