Washington state senate approves bill mandating abortion coverage

“Washington has long led the way on this issue, and passing the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA) will be yet another example of that,” said state Sen. Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens), who introduced the bill this legislative session in Olympia. “It should pass, and we should move quickly on it because these days it’s really anybody’s guess as to what the Trump administration will or won’t do next.”

“You don’t have reproductive rights if you don’t access to health care. We are looking the federal government casting doubt over the stability [of rules through the] insurance commissioners office. It’s really important to regulate through state law to show what protections are in place at the state level, guarantees we can have a more advanced protections.”

Tiffany Hankins, Executive Director