Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) introduced H.R. 8297, the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 with Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08).
“The Supreme Court may have ripped away a woman’s right to reproductive choice, but they cannot stop a woman’s right to travel,” said Strickland. “This bill reaffirms a Constitutional right, and I call on my Republican colleagues who say they support freedom to vote yes.”
This bill ensures that individuals crossing state lines seeking safe and legal reproductive health care, or those traveling with them, are protected from receiving criminal punishment. The 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States protects the right to travel between states.
Read the text of the bill here.
Representative Marilyn Strickland serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is the only African-American woman who serves on the House Armed Services Committee. She is a member of the New Democrat Coalition, is one of the first Korean-American women elected to Congress, and is the first African-American elected to represent the Pacific Northwest at the federal level.
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