Fight to codify abortion rights nationwide in federal law.

Rick Larsen · Washington · Democratic

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I will fight hard to codify abortion rights nationwide in federal law.

Commits to pursuing federal legislation that would codify abortion rights nationwide.

Issues - Rick Larsen for Congress
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Larsen supports suspending the filibuster to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which re-establishes a nationwide right to abortion and enshrines the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law.

Larsen backs using the filibuster exception to pass federal abortion-rights legislation.

Larsen Defends Reproductive Health Care | U.S. Representative Rick Larsen
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Evidence

Rep. Rick Larsen said the Senate must suspend the filibuster and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to explicitly safeguard the right to an abortion under federal law, including federal prohibitions against extreme state laws that restrict reproductive health and prohibit unwarranted restrictions singling out abortion services and providers.

Official statement shows Larsen publicly committed to pursuing federal codification of abortion rights after Dobbs.

partial same_term A for effort

Larsen Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade | U.S. Representative Rick Larsen
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On July 15, 2022, the House passed H.R. 8296, the Women’s Health Protection Act, by a vote of 219 to 210.

Larsen’s preferred federal codification bill advanced in the House, but only one chamber passed it and it did not become law.

never same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 360, H.R. 8296
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The H.R. 12 cosponsors list includes Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] as a cosponsor on 06/24/2025. The bill status is Introduced.

Larsen continued to back the federal codification effort in the next Congress, but the bill remained introduced and was not enacted.

never later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.12 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was federal codification of abortion rights nationwide. Larsen publicly supported and pushed the Women’s Health Protection Act after Dobbs, and the House passed H.R. 8296 in July 2022, but it did not pass the Senate or become federal law. He also cosponsored the 2025 version, H.R. 12, but it remained introduced. This shows a serious federal legislative effort, but the promised legal outcome was not delivered.

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never same_term A for effort

Federal abortion rights were not codified into law. Larsen publicly supported the Women’s Health Protection Act after Dobbs, backed passage in the House in 2022, and later cosponsored H.R. 12 in 2025, showing a serious legislative effort. But the promised nationwide federal codification did not become law, so the outcome was not delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%