Women's Health Protection Act
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| Long title | An 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. |
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The Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755) is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives aimed at expanding abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade in response to the Texas Heartbeat Act. Introduced by Congresswoman Judy Chu and sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal, the act passed the House of Representatives,[1] but it was defeated in the Senate on a 46–48 vote in February 2022.[2] The act had previously been introduced by Chu in 2013.[3][4][5]
Among key facets of the bill include preventing governments from regulating abortions before fetal viability, or when the mother's life 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. Individual bills introduced in the house (HR) and Senate (S):
- Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 3471, S. 1696
- Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 448, S. 217
- Women's Health Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 1322, S. 510
- Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2975, S. 1645
- Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 3755, S. 1975
- Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 S. 4132
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