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Today in ❤️ Reproductive Freedom for All, we’re featuring: October 31, 2024 news briefs, video briefs, and calls-to-action.
MAGA Republicans are relentlessly attacking reproductive freedom, undermining the rights and autonomy of millions of Americans. Their harmful agenda puts personal medical decisions in the hands of politicians, stripping away essential healthcare and endangering lives. We must stand united to protect reproductive justice and preserve the rights of all people to control their own bodies.
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Reproductive Freedom for All - News Briefs - October 31, 2024
The Catholic Church is spending big to defeat abortion rights ballot measures
Mother Jones By Heidi Schlumpf, Russ Choma
This story was produced in partnership with the National Catholic Reporter. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, every state-level campaign to limit abortion has failed. But that hasn’t stopped Catholic organizations from stepping into the fight again this election year.
Abortion Rights Are on Every Swing-State Ballot Come Tuesday
Slate By David S. Cohen, Greer Donley, Rachel Rebouché
In almost all of the swing states this election cycle, abortion remains legal and available through the first trimester and beyond. Elections and polls in those states have made clear that voters want it to stay that way. However, if Donald Trump is elected in November, their clear preference for legal abortion could be entirely undone. In other words, a vote in those swing states for Trump on Nov.
Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns
ABC News By Geoff Mulvihill
The groups promoting ballot measures to add amendments to the constitutions in nine states that would enshrine a right to abortion have raised more than $160 million. That's nearly six times what their opponents have brought in, The Associated Press found in an analysis of campaign finance data compiled by the watchdog group Open Secrets and state governments. The campaign spending reports are a snapshot in time, especially this late in the campaigns, when contributions are rolling in for many.
Reproductive Freedom for All - Video Highlights - October 31, 2024
Kamala Harris focuses on reproductive rights in Texas rally | Guardian News
Reminder: Trump Said There Should Be 'Punishment' for Abortions | NowThis Impact
US election: How big a part will abortion rights play? | Channel 4 News
What is the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) ?
The Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) has been introduced into Congress and will protect a woman's health, ability to make her own decisions, and constitutional rights.
Despite its popularity among most Americans, the Women's Health Protection Act passed in 2021 in the House of Representatives under Democratic Nancy Pelosi's leadership but failed to advance in the Senate due to a Republican blockade.
Click here to view the bill and see how your member of Congress voted.
Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on New Rulemaking to Expand Access to Contraception
Every woman in every state must have reproductive freedom and access to the health care they need. That is why I have fought to lower health care costs and protect the ability of every woman to make her own decisions about her own body.
Today, our Administration is proposing the largest expansion of contraception coverage in more than a decade. This new proposed rule will build on our Administration’s work to protect reproductive freedom by providing millions of women with more options for the affordable contraception they need and deserve. That includes coverage for no-cost over-the-counter contraception without a prescription for the first time in our nation’s history. These lower contraception costs would be in addition to the billions of dollars that women have already saved on contraception under the Affordable Care Act which President Biden and I have strengthened since taking office.
While we fight to protect and expand health care, extremist so-called leaders are attacking reproductive freedom at every turn. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly blocked legislation to protect the right to contraception across the country. They have also consistently refused to protect access to IVF, and continue to propose national abortion bans.
President Biden and I stand with the majority of Americans – Republicans and Democrats alike – who support access to contraception. And we continue to call on Congress to pass federal legislation that restores reproductive freedom nationwide. 1
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/10/21/statement-from-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-new-rulemaking-to-expand-access-to-contraception/