In Congress, Andrea is fighting to codify the right to abortion into federal law, and she is working to improve access to reproductive health care for all.
Fight to codify the right to abortion into federal law and improve access to reproductive health care.
Occurrences
In Congress, Andrea will fight to codify the right to choose into law, and she will work to improve access to care for communities of color in particular.
Evidence
Salinas says she was proud to cosponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act, which she says would establish a federal statutory right for providers to offer abortion care and for patients to receive it, and that Congress must intervene to restore protections at the federal level.
Salinas said she was an original cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act and that the bill would restore the right to access an abortion in all fifty states.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 12 as having the status Introduced, with latest action on 04/07/2023: referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congress.gov’s member page shows H.R. 12 - Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025, introduced 06/24/2025, with Salinas listed among the member’s recent activity and the bill still at status Introduced.
The Women's Health Protection Act was introduced in the House and referred to committee; the record does not show enactment into law.
Salinas said she was an original cosponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act and urged Congress to pass it to restore abortion access nationwide.
Assessments
The promise was framed as a commitment to fight for federal abortion-rights codification and better reproductive-health access, not as a guarantee to enact it. In office, Andrea Salinas materially acted on that pledge by serving as an original cosponsor and public advocate for the Women's Health Protection Act in the 118th Congress and continuing support for the same legislation in the 119th Congress. The bill did not become law, so the broader policy outcome was not achieved, but for a House member the relevant credit here is that she took concrete legislative action consistent with the promised fight during her term.
Salinas made a concrete legislative effort by cosponsoring the Women’s Health Protection Act, which aimed to establish a federal statutory right to abortion access. However, the promised outcome was to codify abortion rights into federal law and improve access; the cited bills remained introduced or referred and were not enacted. Under the rule, serious effort without delivery is classified as never with the effort badge.