I will champion a federal right to an abortion through the Women’s Health Protection Act, and preserve access to medication abortion through telehealth.
Champion a federal right to abortion through the Women’s Health Protection Act.
Occurrences
I will fight to: Establish a Federal Right to Abortion Access and Build Upon the Protections of Roe
Cosponsors - H.R.12 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress ... Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH] (119th)
She is an original cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which is being reintroduced for the 119th Congress, to re-establish a nationwide right to access abortion care throughout the United States.
Evidence
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"I will champion a federal right to an abortion through the Women’s Health Protection Act".
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The Congress.gov cosponsors page for H.R.12 lists Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] among the cosponsors, and marks original cosponsors with an asterisk.
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The release says Goodlander "is an original cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which is being reintroduced for the 119th Congress, to re-establish a nationwide right to access abortion care throughout the United States."
Assessments
Goodlander promised to champion a federal abortion right through the Women’s Health Protection Act, not merely to personally vote for it. The supplied federal evidence shows she was an original cosponsor of H.R.12 in the 119th Congress and her House office publicly promoted the bill as the vehicle to restore a nationwide right to abortion access. That is a serious same-term legislative effort and supports candidate credit for championing the measure. However, the evidence does not show the Women’s Health Protection Act became law or that a federal abortion right was enacted, so the promised policy outcome has not been fully delivered.
Goodlander made a concrete same-term effort toward the promise by serving as an original cosponsor of the 119th Congress Women’s Health Protection Act and publicly promoting it as a way to re-establish a nationwide abortion right. However, the promised federal right to abortion through WHPA has not been enacted, so the outcome is not fully delivered.