Peters Joins Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Restore and Protect Americans’ Right to Abortion Nationwide As We Mark 3rd Anniversary of Supreme Court Overturning Roe V. Wade

The Women’s Health Protection Act Would Ensure Reproductive Freedoms for Women Across the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) joined his colleagues in introducing theWomen’s Health Protection Act of 2025, legislation to guarantee access to abortion across the country and restore the right to reproductive health care for millions of Americans. The bill was introduced on the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court repealingRoe v. Wade,a decision that stripped Americans’ access to vital health care and denied many women the freedom to make their own, private health care decisions.
“Three years ago, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court took away the constitutional right to abortion, stripping access to reproductive health care from millions of Americans and putting countless women’s lives in danger,”said Senator Peters. “It’s unacceptable that women today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers did. The Women’s Health Protection Act would restore the fundamental right to choose, and ensure that women in every state can make private, personal health care decisions, without interference from politicians and judges.”
As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision inDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, millions of Americans are being denied or delayed access to necessary and potentially life-saving treatment, including for ectopic pregnancies and miscarriage management, because of new legal risks to patients and providers. The harms caused by these abortion restrictions fall heaviest on populations that already experience inequities, including people with low incomes, people of color, immigrants, young people, people with disabilities, and those living in rural and other medically underserved areas. Since theDobbsdecision, 19 [SB1] [FB2] states have banned abortion or severely restricted women from being able to access the procedure, leaving one in three[SB3] [FB4]  American women without access to safe, legal abortion care. [FB5]
While Michiganders voted in November 2022 to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution, theWomen’s Health Protection Actwould establish federal rights for patients and providers to protect access to an abortion and create protections against medically unnecessary restrictions that undermine Americans’ access to health care.
Specifically, theWomen’s Health Protection Actwould:
Peters has been astrong advocatefor protecting access to essential reproductive health care and the right of all Americans to make health care decisions privately with their doctors and family. Last year, Petersspoke on the Senate floorto urge his colleagues to support theAccess to Family Building Act,legislation Peters cosponsored that would protect IVF treatment. Peters alsospoke on the Senate floorin support of theRight to Contraception Act, legislation Peters cosponsored that would guarantee the right to access contraceptives. Peters also joined his colleagues last Congress in introducing theWomen’s Health Protection Act of 2023.

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