Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) strongly opposes HB 633, which would take away women’s reproductive rights, and is calling on Governor Scott to veto this anti-choice legislation passed by the Florida Legislature. Florida’s attempts to make it harder for women to have a safe and legal abortion highlight the need for Congress to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which Frankel introduced earlier this year to make it illegal for states to chip away at women’s reproductive rights.   

“Anti-choice legislators in Florida, Washington, and across the country want to take us back to the 1950s. We will not go back! We must protect a woman’s constitutional right to make her own health care decisions,” said Frankel. “Restrictions like a 24-hour waiting period are unnecessary, extreme measures that do not significantly advance women’s health or the safety of abortion services. Instead, they aim to make abortion services more difficult to access. That is why I introduced legislation that will allow all women, no matter where they live or travel in our great country, the right and ability to have access to the tools and information they need to make their most important life changing decisions.”

In January, Congresswoman Frankel joined U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Tammy Baldwin (WI), and U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (CA-27) and Marcia Fudge (OH-11) to reintroduce the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2015, a historic pro-choice bill that creates federal protections against state restrictions that single out abortion services for unnecessary regulations. It protects a woman’s individual constitutional rights and her ability to access quality health care, no matter where she lives. For more information on this legislation, click here.

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