We live in a society that has failed to legislate love and justice for us. So we deserve better.
Pramila Jayapal
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Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she is notable for being the first South Asian woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Throughout her tenure, Jayapal has focused on issues such as healthcare reform, immigration, and social justice, advocating for policies that aim to improve the lives of her constituents and promote equity across the nation.
women are free to make decisions about their lives and bodies in consultation with their families and their physicians, not politicians.
My bill, the Women's Health Protection Act, will put a stop to these state-based attacks and enshrine the protections of Roe into law.
I will never tell somebody else that they should have abortion because that is their choice. But they don’t get to tell me that I shouldn’t, because at the end of the day, it’s my body, and I get to control it.
4 percent. 4 percent of all the Democrats in the House and the Senate are blocking the build back better act from passing. 96 percent agree with us.
This isn`t a liberal wish list of things that we wish we could have that nobody agrees with us on. 96 percent of Democrats in the House and the Senate and the president of the United States campaigned on this agenda and now want to deliver…
Yes, Joy, it`s so great to see you. And, yes, we were not for splitting up the bill in the first place. In fact, we told everyone we knew that that was a bad idea. Because what we didn`t want to do is split roads and bridges against child…
I am pleased to say that Senate Majority Leader Schumer has announced his intention to bring WHPA to the Senate floor for a vote.
Weakening or overturning Roe poses a threat to our fundamental rights to make a personal decision beyond abortion.
I consulted with my doctors, who told me that any future pregnancy would likely also be high-risk to me and the child, similar to what I had gone through with Janak. I very much wanted to have more children, but I simply could not imagine…
I would never tell people who don't choose to have an abortion that they should do so, nor should they tell me that I shouldn't.
Let me tell you what people are going to remember. They're not going to remember the road, they are going to remember that they could wake up and have childcare where they couldn't afford it before, or that they have 12 weeks of paid…
Abortion restrictions are part of the intertwined systems of oppression that deny black, indigenous, and people of color their constitutional rights.
If we just go back and we deliver a very small sliver, because the infrastructure bill is only like 15 percent of the President's agenda, 85 percent of the President's agenda is contained in the Build Back Better Act.
The reality is that there is a whole group of people, people who need childcare, people who need paid leave, people who need housing, people who want to see action on climate change. This is all part of the Build Back Better agenda, which…
So to all the black women and girls who have had abortions and will have abortions, we have nothing to be ashamed of.