{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ross.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-ross-votes-protect-reproductive-freedom-following", "Congresswoman Ross Votes to Protect Reproductive Freedom Following Unconstitutional State Abortion Bans", "2021-09-24", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Deborah K. Ross", "R000305", "ross.house.gov", "ross", "https://ross.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass the Women\u2019s Health Protection Act, legislation to enshrine into law women\u2019s reproductive freedom and access to reproductive health care. Following Texas\u2019 enactment of the nation\u2019s most restrictive abortion ban. This landmark legislation safeguards the right to access to abortion care free from political interference.\n\n\u201cBlatantly unconstitutional abortion bans in states like Texas and Mississippi represent a dangerous threat to women\u2019s reproductive freedom everywhere,\u201d said Congressman Ross. \u201cIn failing to block Texas\u2019 egregious abortion law from taking effect, the Supreme Court abdicated its responsibility to protect American women from the whims of legislatures bent on restricting our constitutional rights. Today the House sent a clear signal to state legislatures across the country that we will not sit idly by in the face of these dangerous attacks on women\u2019s reproductive care.\u201d\n\nThe Women\u2019s Health Protection Act would establish the federal statutory right for health care providers to provide abortion care and for patients to receive it, free from unnecessary state bans and restrictions intended to impede or block this access.\n\nCongresswoman Ross denounced the Texas abortion ban when it went into effect and joined her House Judiciary colleagues in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to use the full force of the Department of Justice to combat it.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://ross.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-ross-votes-protect-reproductive-freedom-following"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4548669569194317, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}