This bill disregards women s health and lives. The Supreme Court has consistently held that a woman s health and life be protected throughout pregnancy. This bill contains no exception for a woman s health, nor an adequate life exception. Clearly this ban is unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Eighth Circuits and lower federal courts in 16 states agree, finding similar bans would interfere with the constitutional right to choose abortion.
Voters recognize a bad bill when they see one.
The abortion bans have lost each time they have come to the ballot box. Voters in Colorado, Maine, and Washington understood the true intent of the bans, and rejected the state-wide ballot initiatives. Planned Parenthood will continue to oppose any law that allows the government to intrude into the practice of medicine or that threatens a woman s health or personal childbearing decisions. Planned Parenthood calls on our elected officials to stand up for women, their families, and the physicians who care for them and stop being misled by inflammatory and inaccurate anti-choice campaigns. Instead, vote to support and protect the women who sent you to Washington to represent them.