Rep. Demings Protects Florida Women’s Rights

Orlando, FL: Today Rep. Val Demings (FL-10) voted to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, which codifies the constitutional right to an abortion and creates additional protections for women's health.Said Rep. Demings, "I will always fight to protect American women and our right to choose. When I was a police officer, I put away rapists, stalkers and domestic abusers. It is critical that we oppose extremist politicians in Texas and Florida who are instead trying to empower those same criminals to sue victims if they get an abortion.

"This vote was about protecting our freedom to decide against their attempts to control. Every woman has the right - the freedom - to make this choice for herself, and to do so based on her own personal individual circumstances. No Florida woman needs to justify her health care decisions to anyone, and Congress must have her back."

Earlier this week Rep. Demings spoke in Congress in favor of the legislation.

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The Women's Health Protection Actwould:

• Codify the constitutional right to an abortion found in Roe v. Wade,
• Create federal protections against state laws that fail to protect women's health and that intrude upon personal decision-making, and
• Prohibit medically unwarranted restrictions that single out abortion services or the facilities that provide them

Florida Republicans have saidthey plan to introduce a Texas-style anti-choice law in Florida. This week, a similar anti-choice lawwas filed in the Florida legislature.

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