Every year, roughly 35 million women and girls around the world have unsafe abortions, and millions suffer injuries and disabilities as a result. The Helms Amendment puts lives at risk; when people can’t make their own reproductive health decisions, and have limited access to vital health care, this means dire consequences for their health. This law has plagued abortion care in low- and middle-income countries for nearly five decades. If the Helms Amendment was repealed , there could be approximately 19 mil
Photo by Daniel Swartz for Ipas
The Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and bill co-leads Senators Blumenthal (D-CT), Hirono (D-HI), Duckworth (D-IL) and Smith (D-MN) on July 27, 2022 with 20 original cosponsors. The bill was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9, 2021, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and bill co-leads Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D