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While you were sleeping, a dramatic series of events took place last night—and early this morning—on the Senate floor that decided the fate (at least for now) of the debate to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA changed the landscape for women’s health, including by ensuring that women could not be charged more for health insurance than men—simply for being women. So, the fate of the ACA has significant implications for women.
You have probably found some pretty good overviews of last night’s/this morning’s events, but here are a few key ways that women showed up and showed out last night and over the last few months to preserve the ACA and its wins for women’s health:
And let’s not leave you out—you—the mothers, the sisters, the teachers, the students, the professors, and the advocates who called your senators, trekked to the Hill, went to rallies, shared on social media, and stood strong. While the work to preserve and improve access to women’s health care may be far from over, we can all be proud of the women whose voices made a difference today.