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Welcome to “The Quickie” — Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s daily tipsheet on the top health care & reproductive rights stories of the day. You can read “The Quickie'' online here.

In today’s Quickie: U.S. House ignores voter mandate to protect abortion rights and reproductive rights champion Aaron Rouse flips Virginia Senate seat, securing pro-abortion majority.  

U.S. HOUSE TO VOTE ON TWO ANTI-ABORTION BILLS, IGNORING VOTERS’ MANDATE TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on two dangerous anti-abortion bills, ignoring the clear message voters sent to politicians during the 2022 midterms to protect reproductive freedoms.  

The first bill is a so-called “born alive” bill, which is a deceptive scare tactic intended to stigmatize abortion. Jacqueline Ayers, Senior Vice President of Policy, Organizing, and Campaigns at Planned Parenthood Federation of America sets the record straight: 

“This bill is deliberately misleading and offensive to pregnant people and the doctors and nurses who provide their care. It is yet another attempt by anti-abortion politicians to spread misinformation as a means to their warped political end: to ban safe and legal abortion. Let’s be clear: Doctors are already required to provide appropriate medical care by law. This is not how medical care works. It’s wrong, irresponsible, and dangerous to suggest otherwise.” 

Read more from our fact check here

The House will also vote on a resolution that disingenuously condemns violence at anti-abortion facilities, also known as crisis pregnancy centers, while ignoring mounting violence and threats against people who get abortions and abortion providers. Following the overturning of Roe, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) released a report that showed abortion providers faced significant increases in violence and disruption to their work year over year including stalking, invasions, assault, and battery. 

Read PPFA’s release on “born alive” bills and fact sheet on crisis pregnancy centers.

And here’s how the press is covering these “tone-deaf” priorities:

CRITICAL VICTORY IN VIRGINIA SPECIAL ELECTION PROVES — AGAIN — ABORTION IS A WINNING ISSUE: Last night, reproductive rights champion and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia-endorsed candidate Aaron Rouse won the special election for Virginia’s seventh senate district, flipping a seat held by Republicans for nearly 30 years and solidifying a pro-abortion rights majority in the chamber. The race was critical for protecting abortion in Virginia, where Gov. Glenn Youngkin has pushed for a 15-week abortion ban this legislative session, which reproductive rights champions can now block. 

“We are thrilled to congratulate Sen.-elect Aaron Rouse who valiantly and unapologetically made this special election about protecting abortion rights,” said PPAV Executive Director Jamie Lockhart. “The voters of SD-07 responded loudly and clearly that they want to see abortion protected, not banned — as do the majority of Virginians all throughout the commonwealth. When our rights are on the line, voters show up in support of reproductive freedom. This is a critical victory for health care access and the future of abortion rights in our commonwealth, and we look forward to working with Sen.-elect Rouse and all of our allies in the General Assembly who will boldly champion Virginians’ freedom this legislative session.”

Read more from Newsweek here and see PPAV’s full press release here.

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