We need to keep gaining ground on ensuring equal pay for equal work. We need to guarantee that insurance companies and all healthcare institutions are devoting the same amount of resources to women’s health as they are to men’s health. Women should always retain the basic human dignity and right of making decisions over their own bodies and health.
Given the recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, it is incredibly important that we protect American women's bodily autonomy. Rep. Ortiz believes strongly in a woman’s constitutional right to choose and make decisions for herself and her body. The reversal of Roe v. Wade is evidence of the successful politicization of the Supreme Court by fundamentalists and we have to do everything we can to protect a woman’s right to choose and have access to reproductive choice. Already, at the state Capitol, David has worked with his fellow legislators to pass the Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA), staying up until 4am when RHEA was heard in his committee and then enduring a 26-hour debate on the House Floor to ensure the bill was passed. You better believe that David will continue to fight for your rights if re-elected.