Note: A live stream of the event can be found here.

BLUMENTHAL, BALDWIN, BOXER, CHU, FUDGE, FRANKEL TO ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE

(Washington, DC) – Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at 2:30 PM in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room G-11, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) – joined by U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA-27), Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11), and Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) – will unveil the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2013.

The Women’s Health Protection Act would protect a woman’s right to safe and legal abortion by preempting restrictive regulations and laws—such as those in place in states including Texas and Wisconsin—intended to curtail reproductive health services for women. This legislation would prohibit laws that impose burdensome requirements on access to women’s health such as requiring doctors to perform tests and procedures that doctors deemed unnecessary in their professional opinion.

WHO
• U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal
• U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin
• U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
• U.S. Representative Judy Chu
• U.S. Representative Marcia Fudge
• U.S. Representative Lois Frankel
• Walter Dellinger, Professor of Law, Duke University
• Nancy Northup, CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights
• Alexis McGill Johnson, Board Chair, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Ilyse Hogue, President, NARAL

WHAT

A press conference to announce Women’s Health Protection Act of 2013.

WHERE

Room G-11
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C., 20510

WHEN

2:30 PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A live stream of the event can be found here.

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