Collins declared on Thursday that she would vote “no” on the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would establish the statutory right to an abortion.
the statutory right to an abortion and is expected to be voted on by lawmakers next week. Why? According to Collins, it just recognizes too many rights for pregnant people. “It supersedes all other federal and state laws, including the conscience protections that are in the Affordable Care Act,” she
when asked about her support of the bill, adding: “It doesn’t protect the right of a Catholic hospital to not perform abortions. That right has been enshrined in law for a long time.”Collins’s claims about what the bill would do—and her excuse for not voting for it—are completely unfounded. “Some are saying that this legislation would tell hospitals—certain religious hospitals—that they have to perform abortions,” he said at a press conference without referring to Collins by name.
Obviously, the larger issue here is the question of how Collins continues to get away with claiming to be pro-choice while refusing to support measures to enshrine reproductive rights into law. While she and Murkowski are sponsoring their own bill called the Reproductive Choice Act, it is much more narrow than the the Women’s Health Protection Act, and Democrats, according tobelieve it contains loopholes that would allow states like Mississippi to ban abortion after 15 weeks.
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