Abortion is health care.
Repeal the Helms Amendment.
Abortion is health care, everywhere
Every year, roughly 35 million women and girls around the world have unsafe abortions, and millions suffer injuries and disabilities as a result. The Helms Amendment puts lives at risk; when people can’t make their own reproductive health decisions, and have limited access to vital health care, this means dire consequences for their health. This law has plagued abortion care in low- and middle-income countries for nearly five decades. If the Helms Amendment was repealed, there could be approximately 19 million fewer unsafe abortions and 17,000 fewer maternal deaths each year.
It’s time to repeal this policy and end the harm it has caused
Abortion is essential, now more than ever during the coronavirus outbreak. And it is past time to end policies like Helms that are anti-rights and rooted in racism and colonialism. U.S. assistance programs should provide access to quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services for all people, including access to safe, legal and accessible abortion care.
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The bill was introduced for the first time ever in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 29, 2020 and in just 2 months the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act secured over 110 cosponsors in Congress. Currently, the bill enjoys the support of over 165 original co-sponsors in the 117th Congress and support continues to grow each day for this critical legislation.
Original Cosponsors
Abortion is health care.
Repeal the Helms Amendment.
The Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act is cosponsored by over 160 Representatives:
Alma Adams, NC-12
Pete Aguilar, CA-31
Colin Allred, TX-32
Jake Auchincloss, MA-04
Cindy Axne, IA-03
Nanette Diaz Barragán, CA-44
Karen Bass, CA-37
Joyce Beatty, OH-03
Ami Bera, M.D., CA-07
Donald S. Beyer Jr., VA-08
Earl Blumenauer, OR-03
Lisa Blunt Rochester, DE-01
Suzanne Bonamici, OR-01
Jamaal Bowman, NY-16
Anthony G. Brown, MD-04
Julia Brownley, CA-26
Cori Bush, MO-01
Salud O. Carbajal, CA-24
Tony Cárdenas, CA-29
Andre’ Carson, IN-07
Matthew Cartwright, PA-08
Ed Case, HI-01
Sean Casten, IL-06
Kathy Castor, FL-14
Joaquin Castro, TX-20
Judy Chu, CA-27
David N. Cicilline, RI-01
Katherine Clark, MA-05
Yvette D. Clarke, NY-09
Steve Cohen, TN-09
Gerald E. Connolly, VA-11
Jim Costa, CA-16
Angie Craig, MN-02
Charlie Crist, FL-13
Jason Crow, CO-06
Danny K. Davis, IL-07
Madeleine Dean, PA-04
Peter A. DeFazio, OR-04
Rosa L. DeLauro, CT-03
Suzan DelBene, WA-01
Mark DeSaulnier, CA-11
Ted Deutch, FL-22
Lloyd Doggett, TX-35
Veronica Escobar, TX-16
Anna Eshoo, CA-18
Adriano Espaillat, NY-13
Dwight Evans, PA-03
Lizzie Fletcher, TX-07
Bill Foster, IL-11
Lois Frankel, FL-21
Ruben Gallego, AZ-07
Sylvia R. Garcia, TX-29
Jesús G. “Chuy” García, IL-04
Jimmy Gomez, CA-34
Al Green, TX-09
Raul M. Grijalva, AZ-03
Alcee L. Hastings, FL-20
Jahana Hayes, CT-05
Brian Higgins, NY-26
Jim Himes, CT-04
Steven Horsford, NV-04
Jared Huffman, CA-02
Sheila Jackson Lee, TX-18
Sara Jacobs, CA-53
Pramila Jayapal, WA-07
Hakeem Jeffries, NY-08
Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr., GA-04
Eddie Bernice Johnson, TX-30
Mondaire Jones, NY-17
Kaialiʻi Kahele, HI-02
Marcy Kaptur, OH-09
William R. Keating, MA-09
Robin L. Kelly, IL-02
Ro Khanna, CA-17
Daniel T. Kildee, MI-05
Derek Kilmer, WA-06
Ann Kirkpatrick, AZ-02
Raja Krishnamoorthi, IL-08
Ann McLane Kuster, NH-02
John B. Larson, CT-01
Rick Larsen, WA-02
Brenda L. Lawrence, MI-14
Al Lawson, FL-05
Teresa Leger Fernandez, NM-03
Andy Levin, MI-09
Mike Levin, CA-49
Ted W. Lieu, CA-33
Zoe Lofgren, CA-19
Alan Lowenthal, CA-47
Tom Malinowski, NJ-07
Carolyn B. Maloney, NY-12
Sean Patrick Maloney, NY-18
Kathy Manning, NC-06
Doris Matsui, CA-06
Lucy McBath, GA-06
Betty McCollum, MN-04
A. Donald McEachin, VA-04
James P. McGovern, MA-02
Jerry McNerney, CA-09
Grace Meng, NY-06
Gwen Moore, WI-04
Joe Morelle, NY-25
Seth Moulton, MA-06
Jerrold Nadler, NY-10
Grace F. Napolitano, CA-32
Joe Neguse, CO-02
Marie Newman, IL-03
Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC – 00
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NY-14
Ilhan Omar, MN-05
Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ-06
Jimmy Panetta, CA-20
Donald M. Payne, Jr., NJ-10
Ed Perlmutter, CO-07
Scott Peters, CA-52
Dean Phillips, MN-11
Chellie Pingree, ME-01
Mark Pocan, WI-02
Katie Porter, CA-45
David E. Price, NC-04
Mike Quigley, IL-05
Jamie Raskin, MD-08
Kathleen M. Rice, NY-04
Deborah Ross, NC-02
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, MD-02
Linda T. Sanchez, CA-38
John Sarbanes, MD-03
Mary Gay Scanlon, PA-05
Adam B. Schiff, CA-28
Bradley S. Schneider, IL-10
Kim Schrier, M.D., WA-08
David Scott, GA-13
Terri A. Sewell, AL-07
Brad Sherman, CA-30
Mikie Sherrill, NJ-11
Albio Sires, NJ-08
Adam Smith, WA-09
Darren Soto, FL-09
Greg Stanton, AZ-09
Eric Swalwell, CA-15
Mark Takano, CA-41
Mike Thompson, CA-05
Dina Titus, NV-01
Rashida Tlaib, MI-13
Paul D. Tonko, NY-20
Ritchie Torres, NY-15
Lori Trahan, MA-03
David Trone, MD-06
Lauren Underwood, IL-14
Juan Vargas, CA-51
Marc A. Veasey, TX-33
Nydia M. Velázquez, NY-07
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, FL-23
Maxine Waters, CA-43
Bonnie Watson Coleman, NJ-12
Peter Welch, VT-00
Jennifer Wexton, VA-10
Susan Wild, PA-07
Nikema Williams, GA-05
Frederica S. Wilson, FL-24
The Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act is supported and endorsed by a diverse coalition of more than 170 organizations.
AFRD Georgia
Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice (CRRJ)
Global Network of Black People working in HIV
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation
Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health
Open Society Policy Center
Prevention Access Campaign – U=U
Radiant International
Real Inspiration Ministries Inc.
