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Sept. 29, 2022 Tweet - "The United States has a devastating maternal mortality crisis. Because of Republicans' extreme abortion bans, it's only going to get worse. It's horrifying that Republicans are more focused on controlling women's bodies than saving lives." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans want to take away veterans' life-saving abortion care--& ban abortion in all 50 states. That's wrong--our women in uniform deserve to get the care they need. Today, I joined veterans from WA state & across the country to say: not on our watch. #UniformAccess" Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 27, 2022 Tweet - "Politicians shouldn't get in the way of your health care decisions. Your choice whether to get an abortion should be yours and yours alone--and I'll never stop fighting to make sure women everywhere once again have that right." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 24, 2022 Tweet - "It's heartbreaking & wrong that a patient from Texas had to fly to WA state just to get abortion care. No one should be denied the health care they need, but that's exactly what Republicans are doing with their extreme abortion bans--& they want to take it to all 50 states." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 21, 2022 Republican Senator Blocks Bill to Protect Doctors Providing Legal Abortion Care--Even As Republicans Push National Ban Punishing Doctors Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 16, 2022 Tweet - "To my constituents in Washington state: my Republican colleagues want a national abortion ban that would take away your abortion rights in WA state. It's unacceptable--but I'll never stop fighting to protect your rights." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 15, 2022 Tweet - "I joined my colleagues today to make extremely clear to our Republican colleagues: we will fight their national abortion ban at every single step of the way. Women--not politicians--should make their own health care decisions." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 14, 2022 Tweet - "I just spoke out on the Senate floor against Senate Republicans' national abortion ban. If they want to strip away the rights of my constituents in WA state with this cruel ban, then they're going to have to go through me first. I will not let the MAGA Republican agenda succeed." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 13, 2022 Tweet - "Today Senate Republicans are introducing a national abortion ban. "Let the states decide" was always a lie. They want to ban abortion in every state, in every community. I'll fight this at every turn." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 13, 2022 Sen. Murray Statement on Republicans' National Abortion Ban: "Chilling" Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 7, 2022 Hirono, Warren, Murray, Duckworth Applaud Landmark Abortion Access Measure for Veterans Amid Republican Attacks Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Sept. 7, 2022 Tweet - "I'm speaking live with @maziehirono , @SenWarren , & @SenDuckworth about the Biden Administration's historic action to allow VA to provide abortion care to veterans and their families. The GOP is already coming out against it--but we are fighting back." Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 2, 2022 Senator Murray Applauds Biden Administration Announcing the VA Will Provide Abortion Services to Veterans Sen. Patty Murray
Sept. 1, 2022 Tweet - "Reminder: Senate Republicans voted against protecting: the right to birth control the ability to travel across state lines to get health care providers for doing their job in states where abortion is legal a woman's ability to make her own health care decisions" Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 30, 2022 Tweet - "The extreme GOP agenda is to control and oppress women by dictating their health care decisions. It's shameful and dangerous. I will fight every way I can to defend the right to abortion and a woman's ability to make her own health care decisions. Are you with me?" Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 29, 2022 Rep. Schrier Announces New Bill to Protect Doctors and Access to Abortions Rep. Kim Schrier
Aug. 25, 2022 Senator Murray Statement on Idaho's Extreme Abortion Ban Taking Effect Today Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 23, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans are pushing for a federal abortion ban, & state legislatures across the country have already banned abortion. I am fighting back in the Senate with everything I've got. And let's be clear: we will not forget their cruelty--not today, not tomorrow, & not this November." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 16, 2022 Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation Rep. Kim Schrier, ...
Aug. 12, 2022 Tweet - "No matter how extreme Republicans get on abortion, I will always fight back. RT if you're with me." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 5, 2022 Tweet - "Despite what they might say, Republicans' actions have made clear that they won't stop at abortion. They're coming after your birth control, your ability to travel to another state for health care, & much more. I'll keep fighting to put them on the record & hold them accountable." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 3, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans like to claim they don't believe in punishing doctors for doing their jobs, but the threats, intimidation, & laws they are drafting that target abortion providers say otherwise. So today, we'll put them on the record and see where they actually stand." Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 2, 2022 Senator Murray Statement on DOJ Challenging Idaho's Extreme Abortion Ban Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 2, 2022 Padilla Introduces Legislation to Protect Doctors from Republicans' Anti-Abortion Attacks Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Aug. 1, 2022 Tweet - "Abortion is essential health care--and Republicans' extreme abortion bans are a direct attack on the health care so many women rely on. The consequences have been devastating." Sen. Patty Murray
July 29, 2022 Tweet - "Mark my words: Republicans will NOT stop at abortion. They are coming for your birth control too." Sen. Patty Murray
July 28, 2022 Sen. Murray Introduces Historic Funding Bill, Eliminates Hyde Amendment and Includes First-of-Its-Kind Federal Abortion Fund Sen. Patty Murray
July 28, 2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 24, 2022 Tweet - "Let's recap. In the last month, Republicans: Cheered the fall of Roe v. Wade Urged a national abortion ban Blocked my bill to let women travel to get health care Blocked my bill to bolster family planning services Today's Republican Party is as extreme as ever." Sen. Patty Murray
July 20, 2022 Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, and Congresswoman Cori Bush Introduce Bill To Assist Travel for Abortion Care Rep. Marilyn Strickland, ...
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "Just last week, Republicans showed they wouldn't even protect something as fundamental as letting women TRAVEL to get health care. Tomorrow, we'll call for a vote on a bill to boost family planning services, and we'll see once & for all if they really support women & families." Sen. Patty Murray
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "We have the worst maternal death rate in the developed world. And yet in the very same states where those rates are the highest, Republicans are now forcing people to give birth against their will by banning abortions--making what's already a crisis even worse." Sen. Patty Murray
July 17, 2022 Tweet - "It's unbelievable that right now, some patients with lupus, arthritis, and other conditions are being denied their prescriptions due to concerns the drugs would be used for an abortion. This is a health care crisis that extreme Republicans have created." Sen. Patty Murray
July 16, 2022 Tweet - "The Republican abortion bans across the country have already created a health care crisis. As Chair of @HELPCmteDems , I will never shy away from shedding light on how dangerous this is for women and families." Sen. Patty Murray
July 15, 2022 Rep. Smith, House Democrats Pass Two Bills to Safeguard Abortion Rights Rep. Adam Smith
July 14, 2022 Tweet - "Senate GOP just BLOCKED my bill w/ @SenCortezMasto to protect the right to travel--including to get abortion care. This move shows that they stand w/ extreme politicians trying to hold women captive in their own states rather than defending the right to travel within our country." Sen. Patty Murray
July 14, 2022 Cantwell Warns of 'Chilling Effect' of Idaho's Criminal Penalties for Abortion Sen. Maria Cantwell
July 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, and Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues in Calling for Robust Family Planning Funding as States Criminalize Abortion Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chuck Shumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - Titus Pushes for Emergency Title X Family Planning Program Funding Rep. Kim Schrier, ...
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "With Republicans pushing abortion bans in states across the country, we have to help make sure patients can still get the family planning services they need. @SenFeinstein , @SenWarren , and I are leading the push for more funding for the critical #TitleX program." Sen. Patty Murray
July 12, 2022 Cortez Masto, Whitehouse, Murray, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation to Protect the Right of Women to Cross State Lines to Seek Abortion Care Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 12, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Declaring a National Emergency on Abortion Access Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 12, 2022 Tweet - "People shouldn't be thrown in jail for trying to get an abortion--let alone providing one or helping a friend get one--but that's exactly the future MAGA Republicans want. We can't stand by as they push to make abortion a crime." Sen. Patty Murray
July 11, 2022 Tweet - "I'm so thankful for the work of abortion providers in WA state and across the country who are still providing essential health care during this challenging time. Your work and bravery in the midst of constant attacks is so important. Thank you." Sen. Patty Murray
July 10, 2022 Tweet - "I am not done fighting to protect your right to make your own health care decisions about abortion--far from it. We've got to use our voices, our votes, and every tool and every lever we have to defend abortion rights." Sen. Patty Murray
July 8, 2022 Statement from Senator Murray on Biden Issuing an Abortion Executive Order, Following Murray-Led Push from Senate Democrats Sen. Patty Murray
July 7, 2022 Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, and Congressman Jamie Raskin Introduce Bill to Protect the Right To Travel for Abortion Services Rep. Marilyn Strickland, ...
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Rep. Suzan DelBene, ...
July 5, 2022 Cantwell Demands Answers from DOJ on the Post-Roe Protections of Washingtonians Sen. Maria Cantwell
July 5, 2022 Tweet - "The overturning of #RoeVWade is cruel--plain and simple. But we have to channel that frustration into action. Making our voices heard and voting this November is our best and clearest path forward to protect abortion rights in this country." Sen. Patty Murray
Date Title Politician
Sept. 29, 2022 Tweet - "The United States has a devastating maternal mortality crisis. Because of Republicans' extreme abortion bans, it's only going to get worse. It's horrifying that Republicans are more focused on controlling women's bodies than saving lives." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans want to take away veterans' life-saving abortion care--& ban abortion in all 50 states. That's wrong--our women in uniform deserve to get the care they need. Today, I joined veterans from WA state & across the country to say: not on our watch. #UniformAccess" Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 27, 2022 Tweet - "Politicians shouldn't get in the way of your health care decisions. Your choice whether to get an abortion should be yours and yours alone--and I'll never stop fighting to make sure women everywhere once again have that right." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 24, 2022 Tweet - "It's heartbreaking & wrong that a patient from Texas had to fly to WA state just to get abortion care. No one should be denied the health care they need, but that's exactly what Republicans are doing with their extreme abortion bans--& they want to take it to all 50 states." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 21, 2022 Republican Senator Blocks Bill to Protect Doctors Providing Legal Abortion Care--Even As Republicans Push National Ban Punishing Doctors Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 16, 2022 Tweet - "To my constituents in Washington state: my Republican colleagues want a national abortion ban that would take away your abortion rights in WA state. It's unacceptable--but I'll never stop fighting to protect your rights." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 15, 2022 Tweet - "I joined my colleagues today to make extremely clear to our Republican colleagues: we will fight their national abortion ban at every single step of the way. Women--not politicians--should make their own health care decisions." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 14, 2022 Tweet - "I just spoke out on the Senate floor against Senate Republicans' national abortion ban. If they want to strip away the rights of my constituents in WA state with this cruel ban, then they're going to have to go through me first. I will not let the MAGA Republican agenda succeed." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 13, 2022 Tweet - "Today Senate Republicans are introducing a national abortion ban. "Let the states decide" was always a lie. They want to ban abortion in every state, in every community. I'll fight this at every turn." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 13, 2022 Sen. Murray Statement on Republicans' National Abortion Ban: "Chilling" Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 7, 2022 Hirono, Warren, Murray, Duckworth Applaud Landmark Abortion Access Measure for Veterans Amid Republican Attacks Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Sept. 7, 2022 Tweet - "I'm speaking live with @maziehirono , @SenWarren , & @SenDuckworth about the Biden Administration's historic action to allow VA to provide abortion care to veterans and their families. The GOP is already coming out against it--but we are fighting back." Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 2, 2022 Senator Murray Applauds Biden Administration Announcing the VA Will Provide Abortion Services to Veterans Sen.Patty Murray
Sept. 1, 2022 Tweet - "Reminder: Senate Republicans voted against protecting: the right to birth control the ability to travel across state lines to get health care providers for doing their job in states where abortion is legal a woman's ability to make her own health care decisions" Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 30, 2022 Tweet - "The extreme GOP agenda is to control and oppress women by dictating their health care decisions. It's shameful and dangerous. I will fight every way I can to defend the right to abortion and a woman's ability to make her own health care decisions. Are you with me?" Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 29, 2022 Rep. Schrier Announces New Bill to Protect Doctors and Access to Abortions Rep.Kim Schrier
Aug. 25, 2022 Senator Murray Statement on Idaho's Extreme Abortion Ban Taking Effect Today Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 23, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans are pushing for a federal abortion ban, & state legislatures across the country have already banned abortion. I am fighting back in the Senate with everything I've got. And let's be clear: we will not forget their cruelty--not today, not tomorrow, & not this November." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 16, 2022 Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation Rep.Kim Schrier, ...
Aug. 12, 2022 Tweet - "No matter how extreme Republicans get on abortion, I will always fight back. RT if you're with me." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 5, 2022 Tweet - "Despite what they might say, Republicans' actions have made clear that they won't stop at abortion. They're coming after your birth control, your ability to travel to another state for health care, & much more. I'll keep fighting to put them on the record & hold them accountable." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 3, 2022 Tweet - "Republicans like to claim they don't believe in punishing doctors for doing their jobs, but the threats, intimidation, & laws they are drafting that target abortion providers say otherwise. So today, we'll put them on the record and see where they actually stand." Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 2, 2022 Senator Murray Statement on DOJ Challenging Idaho's Extreme Abortion Ban Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 2, 2022 Padilla Introduces Legislation to Protect Doctors from Republicans' Anti-Abortion Attacks Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Aug. 1, 2022 Tweet - "Abortion is essential health care--and Republicans' extreme abortion bans are a direct attack on the health care so many women rely on. The consequences have been devastating." Sen.Patty Murray
July 29, 2022 Tweet - "Mark my words: Republicans will NOT stop at abortion. They are coming for your birth control too." Sen.Patty Murray
July 28, 2022 Sen. Murray Introduces Historic Funding Bill, Eliminates Hyde Amendment and Includes First-of-Its-Kind Federal Abortion Fund Sen.Patty Murray
July 28, 2022 Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 24, 2022 Tweet - "Let's recap. In the last month, Republicans: Cheered the fall of Roe v. Wade Urged a national abortion ban Blocked my bill to let women travel to get health care Blocked my bill to bolster family planning services Today's Republican Party is as extreme as ever." Sen.Patty Murray
July 20, 2022 Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, and Congresswoman Cori Bush Introduce Bill To Assist Travel for Abortion Care Rep.Marilyn Strickland, ...
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "Just last week, Republicans showed they wouldn't even protect something as fundamental as letting women TRAVEL to get health care. Tomorrow, we'll call for a vote on a bill to boost family planning services, and we'll see once & for all if they really support women & families." Sen.Patty Murray
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "We have the worst maternal death rate in the developed world. And yet in the very same states where those rates are the highest, Republicans are now forcing people to give birth against their will by banning abortions--making what's already a crisis even worse." Sen.Patty Murray
July 17, 2022 Tweet - "It's unbelievable that right now, some patients with lupus, arthritis, and other conditions are being denied their prescriptions due to concerns the drugs would be used for an abortion. This is a health care crisis that extreme Republicans have created." Sen.Patty Murray
July 16, 2022 Tweet - "The Republican abortion bans across the country have already created a health care crisis. As Chair of @HELPCmteDems , I will never shy away from shedding light on how dangerous this is for women and families." Sen.Patty Murray
July 15, 2022 Rep. Smith, House Democrats Pass Two Bills to Safeguard Abortion Rights Rep.Adam Smith
July 14, 2022 Tweet - "Senate GOP just BLOCKED my bill w/ @SenCortezMasto to protect the right to travel--including to get abortion care. This move shows that they stand w/ extreme politicians trying to hold women captive in their own states rather than defending the right to travel within our country." Sen.Patty Murray
July 14, 2022 Cantwell Warns of 'Chilling Effect' of Idaho's Criminal Penalties for Abortion Sen.Maria Cantwell
July 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, and Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues in Calling for Robust Family Planning Funding as States Criminalize Abortion Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chuck Shumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - Titus Pushes for Emergency Title X Family Planning Program Funding Rep.Kim Schrier, ...
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "With Republicans pushing abortion bans in states across the country, we have to help make sure patients can still get the family planning services they need. @SenFeinstein , @SenWarren , and I are leading the push for more funding for the critical #TitleX program." Sen.Patty Murray
July 12, 2022 Cortez Masto, Whitehouse, Murray, Gillibrand Introduce Legislation to Protect the Right of Women to Cross State Lines to Seek Abortion Care Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 12, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Declaring a National Emergency on Abortion Access Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 12, 2022 Tweet - "People shouldn't be thrown in jail for trying to get an abortion--let alone providing one or helping a friend get one--but that's exactly the future MAGA Republicans want. We can't stand by as they push to make abortion a crime." Sen.Patty Murray
July 11, 2022 Tweet - "I'm so thankful for the work of abortion providers in WA state and across the country who are still providing essential health care during this challenging time. Your work and bravery in the midst of constant attacks is so important. Thank you." Sen.Patty Murray
July 10, 2022 Tweet - "I am not done fighting to protect your right to make your own health care decisions about abortion--far from it. We've got to use our voices, our votes, and every tool and every lever we have to defend abortion rights." Sen.Patty Murray
July 8, 2022 Statement from Senator Murray on Biden Issuing an Abortion Executive Order, Following Murray-Led Push from Senate Democrats Sen.Patty Murray
July 7, 2022 Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, and Congressman Jamie Raskin Introduce Bill to Protect the Right To Travel for Abortion Services Rep.Marilyn Strickland, ...
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Rep.Suzan DelBene, ...
July 5, 2022 Cantwell Demands Answers from DOJ on the Post-Roe Protections of Washingtonians Sen.Maria Cantwell
July 5, 2022 Tweet - "The overturning of #RoeVWade is cruel--plain and simple. But we have to channel that frustration into action. Making our voices heard and voting this November is our best and clearest path forward to protect abortion rights in this country." Sen.Patty Murray
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