Michigan Senators Unhappy With Abortion Vote Failure

Senator Stabenow released the following statement ahead of today’s vote in the U.S. Senate on the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would write Roe v. Wade into law and defend the rights of Americans to make their own reproductive health decisions.

“Today every single United States Senator will go on the record on whether or not a woman has the freedom to make her own reproductive health decisions. If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, women in Michigan and across the country will lose 50 years of our freedom and face the ultimate intrusion into our privacy. I will vote for the Women’s Health Protection Act and protect a woman’s freedom to make her own health decisions.”

U.S. Senator Gary Peters today released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the U.S. Senate from advancing the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify Roe V. Wade at the federal level:

“Overturning Roe v. Wade would have immediate, tragic and disastrous consequences for people in Michigan and across the country. Accessing an abortion and making extremely personal health care decisions has been a fundamental right for half a century – and taking it away would put lives at risk. This issue is not abstract or theoretical, and that’s why I shared my family’s abortion story, because families across the country go through these heartbreaking experiences every day.

“Despite Senate Republicans blocking us from moving forward on this critical legislation to codify Roe v. Wade, we cannot give up. While Republicans are preparing legislation to make abortion illegal across the country and impose cruel new restrictions, banning exceptions for rape, incest or life of the mother, I remain as resolved as ever — and will continue fighting to protect women’s health care and keeping these decisions between a woman and her doctor.”