On Roe Day Anniversary, More than 225 Orgs Sign on to Open Letter Calling on the Senate to Pass the Women’s Health Protection Act
For Immediate Release: Jan. 21, 2022
WASHINGTON — Today, more than 225 civil rights, advocacy, LGBTQ+, immigration, and health care organizations, sent an open letter calling on the U.S. Senate to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). In the letter, the broad coalition highlighted the urgent need to get WHPA to President Biden’s desk, given the swarm of abortion restrictions enacted across the country and the potential for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer. As the partners wrote:
“Due to systemic barriers and discrimination, abortion bans disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, LGBTQ+ folks, immigrants, people with disabilities, young people, and those living in rural areas — those who are already medically underserved and experience multiple inequities in care.”
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“Around half the states in the U.S. are poised to move to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade were overturned — jeopardizing access for nearly half the country, 36 million women of reproductive age, plus trans men and non-binary people.”
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“If the Supreme Court of the United States decides to dismantle or even overturn Roe v. Wade, there is no telling how it might dismantle voting, immigrant, LGBTQ+, and a multitude of other rights. The Senate must follow in the House of Representatives’ footsteps now and pass WHPA to protect access to abortion and ensure that no one is denied this fundamental right.”
The open letter signatures include:
9to5
Abortion Access Front
ADL (Anti-Defamation League)
Advocates for Youth
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
All-Options
Alliance for Justice
Ameinu
American Atheists
American Civil Liberties Union
American Humanist Association
American Sexual Health Association
American Society for Emergency Contraception
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Amnesty International USA
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
Athlete Ally
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Black Women for Wellness
Black Women’s Health Imperative
Blue Future
Broward for Progress
CA LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
Catholics for Choice
Center for American Progress
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR)
Center for Reproductive Rights
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Cobalt
Collective Power for Reproductive Justice
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
Community Catalyst
Community Medical Centers
Demos
Downtown Women for Change
Economic Opportunity Institute
EMAA Project
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund
Equal Rights Advocates
Equality California
Equality North Carolina
Faith Choice Ohio
Families USA
Family Equality
Feminist Agenda Network
Feminist Women's Health Center
Florida Health Justice Project
Florida Interfaith Coalition for Reproductive Health and Justice
FORGE, Inc.
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Friends of the Earth US
Gender Justice
Girls Inc.
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
Global Justice Center
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!)
Guttmacher Institute
Hadassah, NCJW,
Healthy Teen Network
Hispanic Federation
Hope Clinic for Women
Human Impact Partners
Human Rights Campaign
Immigration Hub
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda
Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Indivisible
Interfaith Voices for Reproductive Justice (IVRJ)
Ipas
Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Jewish Democratic Council of America
Jewish Labor Committee
Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Justice for Migrant Women
Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Lambda Legal
Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
Latino Victory
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Legal Aid at Work
Legal Voice
Liberate Abortion
Louisiana Coalition for Reproductive Freedom
Mabel Wadsworth Center
Mainers for Accountable Leadership Action
Management Sciences for Health
Mazzoni Center
MDK consulting group
Metropolitan Community Churches, Global Justice Institute
Mi Famila Vota
Midwest Access Project
MomsRising
Moving Traditions
Ms. Foundation for Women
Muslims for Progressive Values
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF)
National Association of Social Workers
National Birth Equity Collaborative
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
National Council of Jewish Women, Arizona
National Council of Jewish Women, Atlanta
National Council of Jewish Women, Austin
National Council of Jewish Women, Bergen County
National Council of Jewish Women, California
National Council of Jewish Women, Chicago North Shore
National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland
National Council of Jewish Women, Dallas
National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County
National Council of Jewish Women, Georgia
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Dallas
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Philadelphia
National Council of Jewish Women, Houston
National Council of Jewish Women, Lakeville
National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville
National Council of Jewish Women, Maryland Action Team
National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan
National Council of Jewish Women, Milwaukee Section
National Council of Jewish Women, Minnesota
National Council of Jewish Women, Nashville
National Council of Jewish Women, Palm Beach
National Council of Jewish Women, Peninsula
National Council of Jewish Women, Pennsylvania
National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh
National Council of Jewish Women, Sacramento
National Council of Jewish Women, Saddleback
National Council of Jewish Women, San Antonio
National Council of Jewish Women, South Cook
National Council of Jewish Women, St. Louis
National Council of Jewish Women, Texas
National Council of Jewish Women, Virginia
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
National Health Law Program
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Immigration Law Center
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
National Organization for Women
National Organization for Women, Hollywood Chapter
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
National Urban League
National Women's Health Network
National Women's Law Center
New Voices for Reproductive Justice
NM Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
NOISE FOR NOW
Nuestro PAC
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice
One Fair Wage
Our Revolution
PAI
People For the American Way
PFLAG National
Physicians for Reproductive Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Poder Latinx
Poder NC
Population Institute
Positive Women's Network-USA
Power to Decide
Presbyterians Affirming Reproductive Rights (PARO)
Prevention Institute
Pro-Choice North Carolina
Pro-Choice Virginia
Rabbinical Assembly
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice - IL affiliate
Reproductive Health Access Project
Resilience, formerly Rape Victim Advocates
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change
Silver State Equality-Nevada
SisterLove, Inc.
SisterReach
Society for Humanistic Judaism
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Supermajority
T'ruah
Taller Salud
Tampa Bay Access Force
The Black Women's Health Imperative
The Falls Church Episcopal
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
The National Women's Health Network
The Ohio Women's Public Policy Network
The Womxn Project
Transgender Law Center
True North Research
UltraViolet
Union for Reform Judaism and Women of Reform Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Association
United State of Women
United We Dream
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
Voto Latino
WCLA - Choice Matters
We Testify
Whole Woman's Health
Whole Woman's Health Alliance
Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania
Women Employed
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER)
Women's Law Project
Women's March
Women's Media Center
Women's Rabbinic Network
Women's Voices for the Earth
WOMEN'S WAY
Young Invincibles
YWCA USA
Zero Hour
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