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Within a few days of being sworn-in, the new and more conservative Congress proposed a ban on abortions done after 20 weeks. This is in direct violation to the right awarded to women in Roe v. Wade. The plan was to vote on the bill on the anniversary of the case, a bold anti-woman statement. Many conservative women and moderates refused to support the bill due to the rape exception requiring rape victims to report the incident to the police. Anti-abortion extremists are not happy about the bill being dropped, as evidenced in a recent Cosmopolitan article.

We've been trying to fight the Hyde Amendment, which is attached to annual appropriations bills by Congress each year to prevent federal funding of abortion. Year after year, this amendment prevents millions of impoverished women from getting the procedures they need. This new proposed bill H.R.7, which already passed in the House on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade less than 2 weeks ago, would put the terrible practice of the Hyde Amendment into permanent law.  

Representative Doug LaMalfa voted for this bill. Click here to see how your local representative voted.        

Open enrollment for Covered California ends February 15th, 2015 and we at WHS have been doing all we can to get the word out and inform folks in the community about their options.