Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement.
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) introduced H.R. 8297, the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 with Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08).
“The Supreme Court may have ripped away a woman’s right to reproductive choice, but they cannot stop a woman’s right to travel,” said Strickland. “This bill reaffirms a Constitutional right, and I call on my Republican colleagues who say they support freedom to vote yes.”
This bill ensures that individuals crossing state lines seeking safe and legal reproductive health care, or those traveling with them, are protected from receiving criminal punishment. The 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States protects the right to travel between states.
Representative Strickland,
If the right is already protected by the 14th Amendment, then why, (other than the obvious political capital garnered from legislative virtue signaling) would you need to introduce a Bill? Isn’t that a bit redundant? Or do you have so little faith in the weight and strength of the Constitution to which you pledged a sacred oath to protect and defend, that you believe duplicitous reinforcement necessary to be effective?
So sad.
Our nation doesn’t need an annual succession of new laws. Rather it begs for a government with the intestinal fortitude and moral courage to effectively (not selectively for political expediency) enforce the laws that are already on the books!
I hope that you consider my perspective with unbiased reflection.
Sincerely,
A concerned member of your represented constituency