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Feb. 10, 2022 Tweet - "It's absurd and unacceptable that pregnant workers all too often have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and staying on the job. Let's fix this by passing the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 9, 2022 Tweet - "It's the law for insurers to cover birth control without out of pocket costs--and yet too many women are still forced to jump through hoops or pay extra. The steps by the Biden Admin to right this wrong are helpful, but there's still more work ahead." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2022 Tweet - "*GOOD* news for reproductive health care. This decision to uphold the Biden Admin's #TitleX rule is a big win to protect patients' ability to get the reproductive health care they need from providers they trust." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 4, 2022 Tweet - "Birth control is essential health care--full stop--and I'm doing everything I can to make sure that patients can get it without barriers and without extra costs." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 31, 2022 Tweet - "Abortion is essential health care. But the Global Gag Rule prevents so many people--especially those who are most vulnerable--across the world from getting the health care they need. I joined my Senate colleagues to push to finally repeal this harmful rule." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 31, 2022 Tweet - "We have to safeguard #RoeVWade and help make its promises a reality for everyone--that means passing the Women's Health Protection Act to codify the right to an abortion." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion, are under attack from every angle--and I'm fighting back by working to pass WHPA, make sure patients can get birth control, invest in Title X family planning centers, and more." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "#RoeVWade was decided 49 years ago today and since then it's prevented so much harm and helped keep so many patients healthy. I want a future with Roe, one where people have the right to control their bodies and their futures--and I'm ready to fight for it. RT if you agree." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean essential health care, like abortion, is affordable and easy to get for everyone--and that there aren't unnecessary or harmful barriers standing in the way. #ProtectReproRights" Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "The GOP have been attacking the right to abortion at every angle for decades, so there's no one, easy fix. But I'm fighting back by pushing to pass WHPA, make birth control easier to get and affordable, and make historic investments in Title X family planning centers. #ProtectRoe" Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "It's going to take all of us working together to #ProtectReproRights--& no action is too small: Share your story. Support local orgs helping patients get repro health care. Work to combat GOP misinformation. Fight to pass local and state laws protecting abortion rights." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "The vast majority of Americans believe people should be trusted to make their own decisions about whether or not to get an abortion. We can make this a reality--but we've got to keep fighting for it. Are you with me?" Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Since 2019, the Trump Admin's cruel gag rule prevented WA state from getting Title X funds--but now that's changed. This funding is good news for our state & will help people get the reproductive health care they need from the providers they trust." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "This week I spoke with patients and providers in Spokane about the importance of #RoeVWade & the urgent need to pass WHPA and protect the right to abortion at the federal level. Here's what they had to say" Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean *everyone* is able to make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting--free from political interference--no matter where they live, how much money they have or who they are. #ProtectReproRights" Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Ahead of the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, I'm live on the Senate floor to defend the right to abortion & once again block Republicans' harmful attempts to undermine patients' access to constitutionally-protected health care." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 20, 2022 Tweet - "142 days. It's been 142 days since Texans have had their right to an abortion violated and haven't been able to make their own decisions about their bodies, families, and futures. This isn't just unacceptable--it's unconstitutional." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 19, 2022 Tweet - "Everyone--no matter where you live or how much money you make--deserves access to abortion without barriers or political roadblocks. That's what #RoeVWade helps protect and it's what is at stake right now at the Supreme Court & in states across the country." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 14, 2022 Tweet - "The right to abortion. Easy-to-get, affordable birth control. All across the country, essential reproductive health care is under attack. I'm determined to act on the federal level to protect your ability to get the health care you want." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 12, 2022 Tweet - "I will keep fighting extreme Republican attacks on #RoeVWade because we should be a country where everyone can get the abortion care they want--regardless of who they are, where they live, how much money they make, or how they get their health care." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 12, 2022 Tweet - "New guidance out from the Biden Admin shows insurers they need to do what they're supposed to when it comes to covering birth control without costs or harmful, unnecessary hoops. This is a good first step to help ensure patients can get the reproductive health care they want." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 10, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, extreme Republicans enacted 108 anti-abortion laws on the state level. It's not just at the Supreme Court--the right to abortion is under attack everywhere and it's going to take a federal response to protect it." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 8, 2022 Tweet - "Whether or not you choose to get an abortion, use birth control, or get any type of essential reproductive health care should be up to you--and not the business of right-wing politicians who want to restrict people's ability to control their bodies and futures." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 5, 2022 Tweet - "I believe in a future where everyone can actually exercise their right to an abortion & make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting. That's why I am working every day in the Senate to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 2, 2022 Tweet - "I want a country where everyone can choose if & when to start a family--free from political interference--& where everyone has full control of their bodies, lives, & futures. RT if you're with me in the fight to create that reality by protecting #RoeVWade & the right to abortion." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 27, 2021 Tweet - "I won't sit back and let extreme Republicans continue chipping away at reproductive rights. We must do everything we can to protect the right to abortion, and that starts with passing WHPA." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 22, 2021 Tweet - "RT if you agree the Senate needs to pass the Women's Health Protection Act so everyone can get the abortion care they want and make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 20, 2021 Tweet - "It shouldn't matter who you are, how much money you have, or where you live--you have the right to an abortion and you should be able to get one." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Today @US_FDA is lifting some restrictions on medication abortion--which we know is safe and effective--and making it easier for some patients to exercise their right to abortion. That's good." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Patients need certainty that they can get essential health care, like an abortion, when they need it. But for patients in TX, MS, and states across the country that isn't the case. We can--and must--fix this by passing the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 13, 2021 Tweet - "Getting an abortion is a deeply personal decision that the government, politicians, and your neighbors should have absolutely no say in. RT if you agree." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "We should be a country where everyone has full control of their decisions about pregnancy & parenting. Yesterday's Supreme Court decision reinforces what we already know: we need federal protections to ensure that's a reality. We need to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Even though health insurance companies are legally required to cover birth control w/out cost-sharing, too many patients still can't get the birth control they need. I'm urging the Biden Admin to end these barriers for patients & take enforcement action if insurers don't comply." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Today's SCOTUS decision means that this law, which is in clear violation of #RoeVWade & 50 years of precedent & deprives patients in TX of their constitutional right to abortion, is still in effect. And that is completely unacceptable--we must pass #WHPA." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hon. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury - Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "Without #RoeVWade, millions of patients would no longer be able to get essential health care or make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting. We must keep speaking out against that." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 4, 2021 Tweet - "No one should be forced to remain pregnant and carry their pregnancies to term against their will. Full stop. Protecting the right to abortion is about ensuring patients can make their own decisions about their heath, future, and lives--and I will keep fighting to defend it." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "It's absolutely wrong that extreme Republicans don't want patients to be able make their own decisions about their health, futures, or lives--& their backwards policies force people to remain pregnant & carry their pregnancies to term against their will. We must protect #RoeVWade." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "We won't back down from protecting the right to abortion from any attacks--including the case being heard at the Supreme Court today. Anti-abortion laws are wrong. They're harmful. And we must reject them." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "If SCOTUS overturns #RoeVWade, half of the states in our country are poised to ban abortion entirely & restrict patients' ability to get essential health care. That's unacceptable--& it's one of the many reasons I'm working to protect the right to abortion at every step." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 As SCOTUS Hears Challenge to Roe, Senator Murray Vows to Keep Fighting to Protect Abortion Rights Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Cantwell Stands Up for the Right to Choose in Speech on Senate Floor Sen. Maria Cantwell
Dec. 1, 2021 Cantwell Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Case Sen. Maria Cantwell
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "The right to abortion is on the line at the Supreme Court tomorrow. Abortion is essential health care. It's a right. And it's important that the millions of people across Washington state and the country who support #RoeVWade continue speaking out to protect it." Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2021 Tweet - "In two days, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could overturn #RoeVWade. Make no mistake: I'm going to fight this--and all--attacks on abortion rights & do everything I can to pass the Women's Health Protection Act in the Senate." Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2021 MENENDEZ, BOOKER, MURRAY, COLLEAGUES LEAD OVER 100 DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE IN INTRODUCING THE ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL ACT Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Nov. 26, 2021 Tweet - "Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Mississippi's dangerous abortion ban--one that is harmful and cruel to patients. This is a direct challenge to #RoeVWade, so we've got to keep speaking out & fighting to protect the right to abortion." Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 24, 2021 Tweet - "RT if you agree Congress needs to protect the right to abortion--and it's time for the Senate to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 23, 2021 Senator Murray, Over 100 Democrats Introduce the Access to Birth Control Act Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "For years, extreme Republicans have chipped away at the right to abortion, and in just 8 days, SCOTUS will hear a case that could overturn #RoeVWade. We must keep speaking out to protect all essential health care for patients. #AbortionIsEssential" Sen. Patty Murray
Date Title Politician
Feb. 10, 2022 Tweet - "It's absurd and unacceptable that pregnant workers all too often have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and staying on the job. Let's fix this by passing the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 9, 2022 Tweet - "It's the law for insurers to cover birth control without out of pocket costs--and yet too many women are still forced to jump through hoops or pay extra. The steps by the Biden Admin to right this wrong are helpful, but there's still more work ahead." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2022 Tweet - "*GOOD* news for reproductive health care. This decision to uphold the Biden Admin's #TitleX rule is a big win to protect patients' ability to get the reproductive health care they need from providers they trust." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 4, 2022 Tweet - "Birth control is essential health care--full stop--and I'm doing everything I can to make sure that patients can get it without barriers and without extra costs." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 31, 2022 Tweet - "Abortion is essential health care. But the Global Gag Rule prevents so many people--especially those who are most vulnerable--across the world from getting the health care they need. I joined my Senate colleagues to push to finally repeal this harmful rule." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 31, 2022 Tweet - "We have to safeguard #RoeVWade and help make its promises a reality for everyone--that means passing the Women's Health Protection Act to codify the right to an abortion." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion, are under attack from every angle--and I'm fighting back by working to pass WHPA, make sure patients can get birth control, invest in Title X family planning centers, and more." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "#RoeVWade was decided 49 years ago today and since then it's prevented so much harm and helped keep so many patients healthy. I want a future with Roe, one where people have the right to control their bodies and their futures--and I'm ready to fight for it. RT if you agree." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean essential health care, like abortion, is affordable and easy to get for everyone--and that there aren't unnecessary or harmful barriers standing in the way. #ProtectReproRights" Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "The GOP have been attacking the right to abortion at every angle for decades, so there's no one, easy fix. But I'm fighting back by pushing to pass WHPA, make birth control easier to get and affordable, and make historic investments in Title X family planning centers. #ProtectRoe" Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "It's going to take all of us working together to #ProtectReproRights--& no action is too small: Share your story. Support local orgs helping patients get repro health care. Work to combat GOP misinformation. Fight to pass local and state laws protecting abortion rights." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "The vast majority of Americans believe people should be trusted to make their own decisions about whether or not to get an abortion. We can make this a reality--but we've got to keep fighting for it. Are you with me?" Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Since 2019, the Trump Admin's cruel gag rule prevented WA state from getting Title X funds--but now that's changed. This funding is good news for our state & will help people get the reproductive health care they need from the providers they trust." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "This week I spoke with patients and providers in Spokane about the importance of #RoeVWade & the urgent need to pass WHPA and protect the right to abortion at the federal level. Here's what they had to say" Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean *everyone* is able to make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting--free from political interference--no matter where they live, how much money they have or who they are. #ProtectReproRights" Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Ahead of the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, I'm live on the Senate floor to defend the right to abortion & once again block Republicans' harmful attempts to undermine patients' access to constitutionally-protected health care." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 20, 2022 Tweet - "142 days. It's been 142 days since Texans have had their right to an abortion violated and haven't been able to make their own decisions about their bodies, families, and futures. This isn't just unacceptable--it's unconstitutional." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 19, 2022 Tweet - "Everyone--no matter where you live or how much money you make--deserves access to abortion without barriers or political roadblocks. That's what #RoeVWade helps protect and it's what is at stake right now at the Supreme Court & in states across the country." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 14, 2022 Tweet - "The right to abortion. Easy-to-get, affordable birth control. All across the country, essential reproductive health care is under attack. I'm determined to act on the federal level to protect your ability to get the health care you want." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 12, 2022 Tweet - "I will keep fighting extreme Republican attacks on #RoeVWade because we should be a country where everyone can get the abortion care they want--regardless of who they are, where they live, how much money they make, or how they get their health care." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 12, 2022 Tweet - "New guidance out from the Biden Admin shows insurers they need to do what they're supposed to when it comes to covering birth control without costs or harmful, unnecessary hoops. This is a good first step to help ensure patients can get the reproductive health care they want." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 10, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, extreme Republicans enacted 108 anti-abortion laws on the state level. It's not just at the Supreme Court--the right to abortion is under attack everywhere and it's going to take a federal response to protect it." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 8, 2022 Tweet - "Whether or not you choose to get an abortion, use birth control, or get any type of essential reproductive health care should be up to you--and not the business of right-wing politicians who want to restrict people's ability to control their bodies and futures." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 5, 2022 Tweet - "I believe in a future where everyone can actually exercise their right to an abortion & make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting. That's why I am working every day in the Senate to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 2, 2022 Tweet - "I want a country where everyone can choose if & when to start a family--free from political interference--& where everyone has full control of their bodies, lives, & futures. RT if you're with me in the fight to create that reality by protecting #RoeVWade & the right to abortion." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 27, 2021 Tweet - "I won't sit back and let extreme Republicans continue chipping away at reproductive rights. We must do everything we can to protect the right to abortion, and that starts with passing WHPA." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 22, 2021 Tweet - "RT if you agree the Senate needs to pass the Women's Health Protection Act so everyone can get the abortion care they want and make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 20, 2021 Tweet - "It shouldn't matter who you are, how much money you have, or where you live--you have the right to an abortion and you should be able to get one." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Today @US_FDA is lifting some restrictions on medication abortion--which we know is safe and effective--and making it easier for some patients to exercise their right to abortion. That's good." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Patients need certainty that they can get essential health care, like an abortion, when they need it. But for patients in TX, MS, and states across the country that isn't the case. We can--and must--fix this by passing the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 13, 2021 Tweet - "Getting an abortion is a deeply personal decision that the government, politicians, and your neighbors should have absolutely no say in. RT if you agree." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "We should be a country where everyone has full control of their decisions about pregnancy & parenting. Yesterday's Supreme Court decision reinforces what we already know: we need federal protections to ensure that's a reality. We need to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Even though health insurance companies are legally required to cover birth control w/out cost-sharing, too many patients still can't get the birth control they need. I'm urging the Biden Admin to end these barriers for patients & take enforcement action if insurers don't comply." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Today's SCOTUS decision means that this law, which is in clear violation of #RoeVWade & 50 years of precedent & deprives patients in TX of their constitutional right to abortion, is still in effect. And that is completely unacceptable--we must pass #WHPA." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hon. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury - Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "Without #RoeVWade, millions of patients would no longer be able to get essential health care or make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting. We must keep speaking out against that." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 4, 2021 Tweet - "No one should be forced to remain pregnant and carry their pregnancies to term against their will. Full stop. Protecting the right to abortion is about ensuring patients can make their own decisions about their heath, future, and lives--and I will keep fighting to defend it." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "It's absolutely wrong that extreme Republicans don't want patients to be able make their own decisions about their health, futures, or lives--& their backwards policies force people to remain pregnant & carry their pregnancies to term against their will. We must protect #RoeVWade." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "We won't back down from protecting the right to abortion from any attacks--including the case being heard at the Supreme Court today. Anti-abortion laws are wrong. They're harmful. And we must reject them." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "If SCOTUS overturns #RoeVWade, half of the states in our country are poised to ban abortion entirely & restrict patients' ability to get essential health care. That's unacceptable--& it's one of the many reasons I'm working to protect the right to abortion at every step." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 As SCOTUS Hears Challenge to Roe, Senator Murray Vows to Keep Fighting to Protect Abortion Rights Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 1, 2021 Cantwell Stands Up for the Right to Choose in Speech on Senate Floor Sen.Maria Cantwell
Dec. 1, 2021 Cantwell Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Case Sen.Maria Cantwell
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "The right to abortion is on the line at the Supreme Court tomorrow. Abortion is essential health care. It's a right. And it's important that the millions of people across Washington state and the country who support #RoeVWade continue speaking out to protect it." Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2021 Tweet - "In two days, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could overturn #RoeVWade. Make no mistake: I'm going to fight this--and all--attacks on abortion rights & do everything I can to pass the Women's Health Protection Act in the Senate." Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 29, 2021 MENENDEZ, BOOKER, MURRAY, COLLEAGUES LEAD OVER 100 DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE IN INTRODUCING THE ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL ACT Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Nov. 26, 2021 Tweet - "Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Mississippi's dangerous abortion ban--one that is harmful and cruel to patients. This is a direct challenge to #RoeVWade, so we've got to keep speaking out & fighting to protect the right to abortion." Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 24, 2021 Tweet - "RT if you agree Congress needs to protect the right to abortion--and it's time for the Senate to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 23, 2021 Senator Murray, Over 100 Democrats Introduce the Access to Birth Control Act Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "For years, extreme Republicans have chipped away at the right to abortion, and in just 8 days, SCOTUS will hear a case that could overturn #RoeVWade. We must keep speaking out to protect all essential health care for patients. #AbortionIsEssential" Sen.Patty Murray
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