{"id":22915,"date":"2022-07-06T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T20:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=22915"},"modified":"2022-07-06T13:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T20:15:58","slug":"top-us-nurses-union-urges-senators-to-suspend-filibuster-to-protect-abortion-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/06\/top-us-nurses-union-urges-senators-to-suspend-filibuster-to-protect-abortion-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Top US Nurses Union Urges Senators to Suspend Filibuster to Protect Abortion Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) listens during a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on May 10, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Reproductive health services,” says National Nurses United, are “fundamental to ensuring economic justice for women across the country.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BRETT WILKINS<\/a> July 5, 2022 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nation’s largest nurses<\/strong> union on Tuesday urged U.S. senators to “take a stand for reproductive health justice” following the Supreme Court’s reversal<\/a> of Roe v. Wade<\/em> by suspending the filibuster and passing a bill codifying abortion rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The U.S. Senate has a solemn obligation to take immediate action to restore these rights and benefits by passing the WHPA. Lives hang in the balance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter<\/a> echoing calls<\/a> by progressive activists and lawmakers, National Nurses United (NNU) leaders implored senators to “urgently pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA),” proposed legislation that would ensure the right to abortion nationwide. The bill was passed<\/a> by the House of Representatives last September, but Republicans and right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia blocked<\/a> it via the filibuster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Nurses understand that abortion is an essential part of healthcare, and that a patient’s right to control their own body is at the very basis of a free and just society,” the NNU letter states. “The Supreme Court’s decision on June 24 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em><\/a> radically abolished 50 years of progress on reproductive rights and represents the largest revocation of healthcare rights and services ever in American history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter notes that the WHPA “establishes a statutory right for health professionals to provide abortion care without any medically unnecessary restrictions or limitations, and a statutory right of patients to receive that care.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NNU said it stands with President Joe Biden\u2014who has endorsed a filibuster carveout for the WHPA in the wake of Dobbs<\/em>\u2014in calling on senators “to suspend the filibuster to allow for a vote on this crucial legislation on the Senate floor without delay.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) listens during a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on May 10, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images) “Reproductive health services,” says National Nurses United, are “fundamental to ensuring economic justice for women across the country.” BRETT WILKINS July 5, 2022… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22916,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22915\/revisions\/22916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}