Bennet, Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide

Jun 24, 2025|Press Releases
Washington, D.C.— Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined the Senate Democratic caucus to introduce the Women’s Health Protection Act, legislation to guarantee access to abortion nationwide, on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturnRoe v. Wade.
In June 2022, the Supreme Court’sDobbsdecision revoked the national right to an abortion, overturning 50 years of legal precedent established byRoe. The ruling stripped abortion access and essential reproductive health care from millions of Americans.
“Three years ago today, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturned fifty years of legal precedent,”said Bennet. “Since then, maternal mortality rates have grown consistently in states where access to abortions are restricted or banned. Passing the Women’s Health Protection Act will save lives. We must ensure that women can make their own decisions about their bodies and their futures. I will continue to fight for access to reproductive health care in Colorado and across the United States.”
“Three years ago, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shredded 50 years of precedent, erasing women’s freedom to make their own health decisions,”said Hickenlooper. “Americans overwhelmingly support Roe’s protections. Let’s return those rights back where they belong.”
Since theDobbsdecision, 19 states have implemented near-total abortion bans, leaving one in three American women without access to safe, legal abortion care. The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have continued targeting Americans’ reproductive rights and undermining millions of women’s access to abortion care.
The Women’s Health Protection Act will establish federal rights for patients and providers to protect abortion access and create federal protections against medically unnecessary restrictions that undermine Americans’ access to health care.
Specifically, the Women’s Health Protection Act will:
Bennet has long fought to protect reproductive rights. Following the Supreme Court’s dangerous and deeply harmful decision to overturnRoe v. Wade, he has worked to restore the right to abortion and ensure every American has access to safe and affordable reproductive health care. Bennet firstcosponsoredthe Women’s Health Protection Act in 2017. In February 2023, Bennetintroducedthe Secure Access for Essential Reproductive (SAFER) Health Act to expand patient privacy protections and prohibit medical providers from disclosing personal health information related to abortion or pregnancy loss without patient consent. In April 2023, Bennetreintroducedthe Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act, a bicameral bill that would guarantee abortion coverage without restrictions for millions of Americans.
The text of the bill is availableHERE.
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