she is fighting to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to safeguard access to safe, legal healthcare, abortion, and IVF.
Fight to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to safeguard access to safe, legal healthcare, abortion, and IVF.
Occurrences
She is fighting to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to safeguard access to safe, legal healthcare, abortion, and IVF.
Evidence
"Sylvia Garcia is fighting to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to safeguard access to safe, legal healthcare, abortion, and IVF."
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]* appears among the original cosponsors dated 06/08/2021.
Action overview shows: "09/24/2021 | Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 211 (Roll no. 295)."
Latest action: "Senate - 02/28/2022 Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 48. Record Vote Number: 65."
The statement says, "The Senate’s failure to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act not only won’t stop our fight..." and notes House Democrats had passed the legislation the prior September.
Assessments
Garcia materially supported the Women’s Health Protection Act as an original House cosponsor, and the House passed H.R.3755 in 2021. However, the promised federal outcome was not delivered because the bill failed to advance in the Senate in February 2022 and did not become law. Her cosponsorship and the House passage show a serious legislative effort, but not fulfillment of the promised policy result.
The promised outcome was passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act to safeguard access to abortion, IVF, and related healthcare. Garcia took concrete action by cosponsoring the House bill, and the House passed H.R.3755 in September 2021, but the Senate failed to advance it in February 2022 and the Act did not become law. Because there was a serious legislative effort but the promised policy outcome was not delivered, this is best rated never with an effort badge.