Democrats in Congress, weaponizing a recent leak suggesting the Supreme Court will overrule Roe v. Wade, are seeking to enact a blatantly unconstitutional bill that would enshrine Roe v. Wade into federal law and overturn all state-level restrictions on abortion.
The bill, deceitfully titled the “Women’s Health Protection Act,” is numbered H.R. 3755 in the House and S. 1975 in the Senate. The House version, sponsored by Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.) has 215 cosponsors; while the Senate version, sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), has 47 cosponsors. Not only is every cosponsor a Democrat, but nearly the entire Democrat congressional caucus supports this radical bill.
On September 24, 2021, the House voted 218-211 in favor of H.R. 3755 — with only one exception, every Democrat voted in favor of it. On February 28, 2022, Senate Democrats attempted to pass the bill, but it was defeated by a 46-48 vote.
Despite H.R. 3755’s failure to pass the Senate, the Left will continue doing everything possible to force it through. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to hold another vote on the bill, and leftists are renewing their calls to end the filibuster, even if only for abortion-related votes.
Furthermore, the Deep State is pushing for the continuation of Roe v. Wade and unlimited abortion access. For example, 17 leftist governors signed a letter calling for the passage of H.R. 3755 and S. 1975. Additionally, the United Nations voiced its support for abortion, while globalist world leaders also condemned Roe’s possible overturning.
H.R. 3755 and S. 1975 are packed with extremist and unconstitutional provisions. It would:
- End all state and federal laws requiring parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion.
- End all state laws requiring doctors to give mothers information about alternatives to abortion.
- End all state restrictions on late-term abortions; only six other countries, including China and North Korea, allow abortions this late.
- Force medical professionals to commit abortions against their conscience.
- Force hospitals to commit abortions or else lose public funding.
- End the Hyde Amendment and other safeguards preventing taxpayer funding of abortions.
Under Article I, Section 8 and the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has no authority to any make laws concerning abortion, much less override state laws that prohibit or restrict it in order to protect the life of the pre-born.
Additionally, H.R. 3755 and S. 1975 are littered with “woke” language such as “reproductive justice.” It also claims that abortion and other “restrictions on reproductive health … perpetuate systems of oppression, lack of bodily autonomy, white supremacy, and anti-Black racism.”
H.R. 3755 and S. 1975 are unconstitutional bills that seek to uphold a deeply flawed, unconstitutional, immoral, and unscientific Supreme Court ruling. Congress would be wise to totally reject them.
To urge your U.S. representative and senators to oppose H.R. 3755 and S. 1975, the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act, visit The John Birch Society’s legislative alert here.
