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WASHINGTON, DC – Last Friday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, reintroduced the Informing New Factors and Options (INFO) for Reproductive Care Act. Introduced with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), this legislation will support the creation of a coordinated national public awareness campaign to inform health care professionals on the best ways to help patients navigate the legal landscape following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Trahan spoke to the necessity of this legislation and shared the stories of the women who have already suffered under extreme Republican abortion bans. CLICK HERE or the image below to watch Trahan’s full remarks. A transcript of her remarks as delivered can be accessed HERE.

 

After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Republican states moved swiftly to ban most abortion care options for women. Abortion access has been restricted or terminated in at least 21 states, and others are considering additional restrictions this year. The rapid shift in laws, along with the various ways those laws are being enforced, has left many health care professionals to wonder what procedures are legal and when it’s legal to administer them.

To help inform health care professionals treating patients seeking abortion and greater reproductive care services in a post-Roe America, the INFO for Reproductive Care Act will authorize funding for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate a national public awareness campaign to:

• Inform health care professionals of available resources on how to navigate the legal landscape following the overturning of Roe v. Wade;

• Disseminate information on the negative health impacts on communities when access to abortion and other reproductive health care services are restricted or banned.

The INFO for Reproductive Care Act is cosponsored by Representatives Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Dina Titus (NV-01), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02).

This legislation was previously introduced by Trahan and Blunt Rochester in the last Congress following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

A copy of the legislation introduced today can be accessed HERE. 

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