After Abbott and the extremists passed their radical abortion ban in Texas, I went to work for you in the Texas Senate to protect your right to choose.
1) I filed Senate Bill 78 to legalize medication abortion in Texas so that Texas women would have access to mifepristone and misoprostol. These FDA-approved medications are a safe way to abort a pregnancy without a clinical procedure. I was the only legislator in Texas to introduce legislation on this issue.
2) I filed Senate Bill 79 to nullify a 1925 Texas law that allows for the prosecution of women who get an abortion and those who help them. This was part of my effort to get rid of pre-Roe v. Wade statutes that prohibit abortion.
3) I filed Senate Bill 291 to protect from prosecution anyone who helps a woman travel out of state to obtain an abortion.
4) And when cities and counties around Texas started passing their abortion travel bans, I filed Senate Bill 45 to block them. These ordinances would deputize every Texan to sue anyone who helps
a woman travel through town on their way out of state to receive abortion medical care. Again, I was the only legislator in Texas to author legislation like this.
My record on reproductive and abortion rights stands in stark contrast to that of my opponent. Victoria Neave Criado stood with Republicans and supported legislation that Planned Parenthood opposed, and she voted for a bill that targeted abortion doctors.1 She has never filed a bill to protect or restore abortion rights—ever.
I will always support and defend reproductive freedom in Texas. What the extremists have done is cruel and dangerous, and it is inconsistent with American notions of freedom, privacy, and autonomy. That’s why I’m asking for your vote on March 5. With your support at the ballot box, I’ll go back to Austin to keep this fight going until we reclaim reproductive rights for Texas women.
