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We Should Support the Women’s Health Protection Act

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University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign

Originally published as "We Should Support the Women’s Health Protection Act," September 6, 2020.

As we celebrate the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment, there is still a lot to be done for women’s rights.

The Supreme Court recently ruled in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo that a law requiring mandatory emergency room admitting privileges for abortion physicians in Louisiana is unconstitutional. Although the 5-4 ruling was an immediate relief for reproductive rights, it is hardly a long-term victory. That’s why we all need to get behind the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019.