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U.S. Senator Patty Murray D-WA Chair of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions HELP Committee took to the Senate floor to fight back against the Republican national abortion ban introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham R-SC yesterday. In the speech Senator Murray promised to fight this bill every step of the way and to stand up for everyones right to control their own bodies and make their own medical decisions.This bill shows the true Republican position they want to ban abortionfor everyone. In every single state. And they want to punish doctors. They want to put them in prison for doing their jobs said Senator Murray. So to anyone who lives in a blue state like mineanyone who thinks they are safe from these attacks here is the painful reality Republicans are coming for your rights.So heres my message to Republicans If you want to go after my constituents rights if you want to go after womens bodies and futures if you want to pass a national abortion ban like this extreme bill you are going to have to go through me continued Senator Murray. Because Democrats are going to keep standing up for women and men across the country who do not want their rights taken away.Senator Murray has been fighting to defend the right to abortion since she first got into politics and she continues to fight every day for the needs of patients across the country. Just yesterday she led 29 of her colleagues in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate action to safeguard womens privacy and their ability to safely and confidentially get the health care they need. Senator Murray immediately put out a statement following the introduction of Republicans national abortion ban yesterday and joined her colleagues to speak out following Senator Grahams press conference.Every week since Roe was overturned Senator Murray has fought to pass key protections to safeguard Americans reproductive rightspushing to advance commonsense legislation to protect the right to contraception protect every Americans right to travel protect doctors right to provide legal abortion care and expand our national family planning program. But at every turn Senate Republicans stood in the way blocking every single bill.Senator Murrays floor speech as prepared for delivery is belowThank you M. President. Yesterday my Republican colleagues introduced a national abortion ban and made clear they are coming after the rights of my constituents and they are coming after the rights of people across the country.This atrocious bill threatens the people of Kansaswho just voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights the hundreds of thousands of people in Michigan who just signed a petition for a referendum vote to protect abortion and states like mine which already have strong abortion protections on the books. Up to now Republicans have tried to play down their abortion extremism.Theyve tried to run away from the consequences of their extreme agenda Even as patients have been denied prescriptions they need. Even as doctors have been forced to wait until patients lives are in danger before they can take action. Even as the health care crises they have caused spill across state lines to disastrous effect. But despite their empty rhetoric about leaving it to the states the truth has been painfully clearthey think they know better than women when it comes to reproductive health care decisios.They have shown again and agin they dont trust women to have full control over their own bodies and they are willing to go after doctors. They have blocked the most basic bills like Senator Cortez Mastos bill making sure people can still travel to other states for legally available care and my bill making sure doctors in states where abortion is legal cant be punished for doing their jobs. Over and over they have stood in the way of Democrats efforts to protect womens abortion rights and it is crystal clear why. This bill shows the true Republican position They want to ban abortionfor everyone. In every single state.And they want to punish doctors. They want to put them in prison for doing their jobs. So to anyone who lives in a blue state like mineanyone who thinks they are safe from these attacks here is the painful reality Republicans are coming for your rights. And you dont have to take my word for it the Senator from South Carolina said yesterday and I quote If we take back the House and the SenateI can assure you we will have a vote on our bill.There it is. Couldnt be clearer. This is the MAGA agenda. For all fifty states rights stripped away and doctors in prison. Regardless of your circumstances regardless of whats best for your health regardless of your family plansof your hopes fears or dreams for your future. Republicans want to control your most decisions.
