Women's Health Protection Act

Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021
Long title	An Act to protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 3755 by Judy Chu (D–CA) on June 8, 2021; Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce; Passed the House on September 24, 2021 (218–211);

The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755) is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade in response to the Texas Heartbeat Act. Introduced by Congresswoman Judy Chu and sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal, the act passed the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate on a 46–48 vote in February 2022.[1][2] The act had previously been introduced by Chu in 2013.[3][4][5]

Individual bills introduced in the house (HR) and Senate (S):

References

Kapur, Sahil; Vitali, Ali (February 28, 2022). "Senate rejects Democratic bill to codify abortion rights". NBC News. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
Chu, Judy (2021-09-21). "H.R.3755 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Women's Health Protection Act of 2021". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
Morgan, David; Cowan, Richard (2021-09-24). "U.S. House passes abortion rights bill, outlook poor in Senate". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
Franck, Thomas (2021-09-24). "House passes bill to protect abortion rights in response to restrictive Texas law". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
Hulse, Carl (2021-09-24). "House approves measure to protect abortion rights amid threats from states and the courts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-24.

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