Rep. Langevin Votes to Codify Roe v. Wade Protections into Federal Law
The bill’s passage comes as Republican-controlled state legislatures seek to impose extreme abortion bans like Texas’s S.B. 8, which does not include exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
“As the right-wing Supreme Court appears to be on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade -- which has been settled case law for decades -- I will not stand idly by as extremist state legislators around the country empower vigilantes to prevent women from accessing constitutionally-protected reproductive care,” said Rep. Jim Langevin.
“Although I remain personally opposed to abortion, as a matter of public policy, I do not believe that the government should interfere with a woman’s most intimate decisions. At the end of the day, we must put our trust in women to make the best decisions for themselves and their families.”
After
the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Texas abortion ban (S.B. 8) to go into
effect, Rep. Langevin wrote an op-ed in the Providence Journal announcing his
decision to co-sponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act. The full op-ed can be
found here.