preserve a woman's right to reproductive health

Robert Menendez · New Jersey · Democratic

policy impact 0.92 specificity 0.75 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

preserve a woman’s right to reproductive health

Commits to protect access to reproductive health rights.

Menendez victory statement and video
campaign · speech · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] (Introduced 05/26/2021). Latest Action: Senate - 05/26/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Tracker: status Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Menendez introduced a bill on reproductive rights, but it did not advance beyond referral.

never same_term A for effort

S.1864 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

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Vote Number: 65. Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to H.R. 3755.) Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected. Vote Counts: YEAs 46, NAYs 48, Not Voting 6.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Senate failed to advance the Women's Health Protection Act, so no federal reproductive-rights protection was enacted through this vehicle.

never same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 2nd Session
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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Menendez said: 'With this bicameral bill, we are doing our part to stand in solidarity with women, girls, and LGBTQI+ people the world over whose access to vital sexual and reproductive health care has been severely obstructed or entirely suspended.' He added: 'Reproductive rights are human rights.'

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Menendez publicly framed the bill as a concrete effort to protect reproductive rights, reinforcing that he pursued the policy but through legislation that was not enacted.

never same_term A for effort

Senator Menendez, Congresswoman Clark Lead Colleagues in Bicameral Reintroduction of Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act
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Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]* 03/30/2023

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Rob Menendez was an original cosponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 during his first House term, showing concrete effort toward the reproductive-rights commitment.

never same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.12 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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Latest Action: House - 04/07/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The same-term federal abortion-rights bill Menendez cosponsored did not advance past committee referral; with the 118th Congress over, this did not deliver enacted protection.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.12 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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To protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text directly matches the promised policy goal, but the bill remained unenacted in the relevant House term.

never same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.12 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]* 06/24/2025

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Menendez continued the effort in later federal service by cosponsoring the 2025 Women's Health Protection Act.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.12 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Women's Health Protection Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The 2025 Women's Health Protection Act remains only introduced, so it does not yet deliver federal reproductive-rights protections.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R.12 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]* 02/05/2025

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Menendez also cosponsored the Right to Contraception Act in the later term, a related reproductive-health effort that remains short of enacted delivery.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.999 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Right to Contraception Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

The cited legislative vehicles did not result in enacted federal reproductive-rights protections: the Women's Health Protection Act failed to advance in the Senate, and Menendez's Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act remained only introduced and referred to committee. The evidence shows a serious legislative and public effort, but the promised outcome was not delivered. Confidence is reduced because the payload identifies the candidate as a U.S. Representative while the evidence concerns Sen. Robert Menendez.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%