Women’s and Reproductive Rights: Protecting Health and Freedom

Let me be clear: abortion and IVF are essential health care and I will never dilute that truth for political convenience or partisan pressure.

I will oppose any federal restrictions on abortion, including term limits. Third-trimester abortions are rare, performed only under urgent medical circumstances. These decisions are about survival — yet politicians with no medical training want to criminalize doctors and punish patients. That’s not only offensive, it’s dangerous.

We’ve seen the devastating effects of abortion bans:

• Patients with pregnancy complications denied care or forced to suffer.

• Doctors criminalized for providing medically necessary care.

• Women dying from treatable conditions because of politics interfering with medicine.

I will fight to:

• Guarantee permanent federal protections for abortion access and birth control, including the morning-after pill.

• Enact laws protecting abortion providers and patients nationwide, overriding harmful state bans.

• Restore and expand maternal health grants gutted under previous administrations.

But reproductive justice is more than abortion rights.

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations  -a crisis disproportionately impacting poor, rural, and Black and brown communities.

I will work to:

• Dramatically increase federal funding for maternal health research.

• Incentivize reopening and expansion of birthing centers in underserved areas.

• Expand Medicaid postpartum coverage to at least 12 months after birth.

• Support doulas, midwives, and culturally competent care through federal training and grants.

If you don’t have control over your own body, you don’t have freedom.

As your Congressman, I will ensure that no judge, politician, or billionaire ever takes that control away — not now, not ever.