Senator Murray Statement on the Senate's Women's Health Protection Act Vote

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Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a video on the Senate's 46-48 vote on the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA).

"Tonight, we voted in the Senate to say that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land. Democrats stood up and said women should make their own health care decisions. We trust women. We trust patients. We trust their doctors. We trust them to make their own decisions.

"We didn't get the result we wanted, but that doesn't mean we have stopped fighting. We're going to keep fighting to make sure that we protect women's rights in this country. I know we're all disappointed tonight but tonight is not the night to stand down. Tonight's the night to stand up and keep fighting--not just for ourselves but for future generations.

"We cannot go back in this country to a place where women's health is at risk, where Roe is not the law of the land, where we have a time when women will get abortions and they will be at risk because it will be in an unsafe place. We are going to stand up and fight for them, and we ask you to join us too."

Earlier this evening, Senator Murray spoke on the Senate floor to urge her colleagues to vote for the Women's Health Protection Act and protect the right to abortion nationwide. During her remarks, Senator Murray made it clear that no matter the outcome, the vote sends a message that Democrats trust women and patients and are fighting to protect the right to an abortion--while Republicans are not. She warned that very soon, 72 million Americans of reproductive age may lose a constitutional right every generation has known since Roe was decided in 1973--and they will know that the Republican party is responsible.

Senator Murray has long fought to protect reproductive and abortion rights and has consistently spoken out against Republicans' efforts to restrict patients' control over their bodies, lives, and futures. Since the Supreme Court agreed to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Senator Murray has vowed to fight back and protect Roe, and worked to ensure the Senate voted on WHPA.

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