Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights (HER) Act a day after Trump, surrounded by men, signed the sweeping executive order in one of his first acts as president.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement is the latest move by New York officials to shore up reproductive health-care access during the anti-choice Trump administration.
Several Republicans known for their radical anti-choice rhetoric flanked the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Steve King, as he spoke at a Capitol Hill press conference.
When Rewire asked why her family was at the Women’s March on Washington, Layla Abdus-Salaam, 13, said, “I think a lot of people will see how we protest, and how we’re coming together as a community, and how we’re going to express how we feel.”
"Any attempt to block a patient's right to safe and legal abortion will not go unchallenged," said Laura McQuade, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. "The state of Arkansas should not waste taxpayer dollars on this ideological war.
"Personhood" laws would criminalize abortion with no exception and ban many forms of contraception, in vitro fertilization, and health care for pregnant people.
“Trump’s Global Gag Rule will only lead to increases in unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, maternal and newborn deaths," said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. "This harmful policy undermines American democratic values of free-speech and imposes an anti-woman agenda.”
