Governor Parson and Director Williams have repeatedly violated the trust of our community and compromised my patients' safety, all to push a political agenda.
Rashida Tlaib
The Public Record
Rashida Tlaib is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Tlaib is known for her progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. She is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress and has been a vocal advocate for issues such as affordable housing, environmental justice, and healthcare reform. Tlaib has also been involved in efforts to address systemic racism and economic inequality.
This conversation cannot be more timely, as we bear witness to and experience this Administration's calculated and systemic attacks on our constitutional rights and freedoms.
This obsession with abortion has not only proven detrimental to our patients, but it has lasting effects on the health of an entire community.
The Illinois Reproductive Health Act ensures coverage for abortion care and updates clinic regulations to lift that burden from abortion providers.
In 2014, a woman giving birth in Detroit was three times more likely to die in childbirth than the rest of the country.
That is a personal philosophical and religious decision. That is not a medical distinction, and that is not something that Congress should be involved in.
Current law restricts Medicaid funds from covering abortion care for women in communities across the United States.
Because Missouri's law not only requires a waiting period, but requires it to be with the same physician who will ultimately perform your procedure, she was then- her two-visit abortion became a four-visit appointment visit.





