‘A person’s ability’: Abortion bill authors leave ‘woman’ out of text

Published February 28, 2022 12:00am ET



Authors of a bill that seeks to eliminate almost all barriers to abortion quietly swapped the word “woman” for “person” in the latest version of the text.

A 2017 version of the Women’s Health Protection Act reads: “to protect a woman’s right and ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.” However, the version that was brought to the Senate floor Monday says: “to protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.”

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