Senator Reverend Warnock joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus to introduce the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

The legislation would guarantee access to abortion across the country and restore the right to comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of American women

This bill follows the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, which paved the way for Georgia’s disastrous 6-week abortion ban

Senator Reverend Warnock: “I believe health care decisions should be made by a patient in consultation with their doctor, not the federal government. It is important to me that every person, no matter race, sex, gender, creed, or socioeconomic status, has access to affordable health care.”

Washington, D.C. – On the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Patty Murray (D-WA) led the entire Senate Democratic caucus in introducing the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025. The bill would guarantee access to abortion everywhere across the country and restore the right to comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of American women.

The introduction of the legislation comes as affordable health care is under attack as well as a woman’s right to choose. The GOP tax bill is set to defund reproductive health services and restrict access to reproductive rights by ripping away millions of women’s access to reproductive care and right to control their bodies.   

“As a man of faith, I have a profound reverence for life and an abiding respect for choice. I believe health care decisions should be made by a patient in consultation with their doctor, not the federal government,” said Senator Reverend Warnock. “Every person, no matter socioeconomic status, should have access to affordable health care.”

The Women’s Health Protection Act creates federal rights for patients and providers to protect abortion access. Specifically, the Women’s Health Protection Act would:

• Prohibit states from imposing restrictions that jeopardize access to abortion earlier in pregnancy, including many of the state-level restrictions in place prior to Dobbs, such as arbitrary waiting periods, medically unnecessary mandatory ultrasounds, or requirements to provide medically inaccurate information.
• Ensure that later in pregnancy, states cannot limit access to abortion if it would jeopardize the life or health of the mother.
• Protect the ability to travel out of state for an abortion, which has become increasingly common in recent years.

In addition to Senators Warnock, Baldwin, Blumenthal, and Murray the legislation is also co-sponsored by the entire Democratic caucus, including Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D- DE) Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).

Full text of the bill is available HERE.

A one-pager on the bill is available HERE.

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