Reproductive Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week opposed the so-called Born Alive Survivors Protection Act, legislation that advances Republican-led efforts to criminalize abortion and override families’ decision-making. The bill would also endanger doctors’ ability to provide women with compassionate health care by…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his Democratic Senate colleagues on the steps of the U.S. Senate ahead of chamber’s second attempt to pass the Right to IVF Act, which was blocked today by most…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other colleagues at an abortion rights briefing ahead of the anniversary…