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

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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