Nourbese Flint, abortion rights expert and President of All* Above All, issued the following statement:

“The Senate just pushed through a backdoor abortion ban. The bill they just passed will rip away health care from millions of Americans. In an already expensive country, it raises health care costs, abandons families who rely on SNAP, imposes work requirements, closes rural hospitals, and more – and if that is not enough – anti-abortion extremists made sure Planned Parenthood is defunded.

“It doesn’t matter if this provision is for a year or ten years, clinics will close across the country, and in an already taxed reproductive health care system, people will lose their care. And we aren’t talking just about abortion access – we’re talking about birth control, STD/STI testing, and cancer screenings. Planned Parenthood is a lifeline for people and communities across America.

“This bill sells out the American people for a corporate tax break. It takes away reproductive health care, strips away coverage from millions, makes our environment worse, will cost people’s jobs, and fundamentally abandons the American dream as we know it. We deserve better.”

In March, Nourbese wrote a piece for Ms. Magazine about the proposed cuts to Medicaid in the House bill. You can read her op-ed here.

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