H.R. 5: Equality Act

05/17/2019
SBA position: Opposed

The Equality Act’s redefinition of sex and sex discrimination would put abortion on equal standing as pregnancy, while stipulating that any attempt to withhold abortion services constitutes discrimination. The bill’s definition of sex discrimination has already been interpreted by courts to put abortion in the same category as pregnancy and childbirth. The Equality Act could roll back decades of pro-life policy on the state and federal level, and force health care workers and entities to participate in abortion. Efforts to make this bill abortion-neutral were rejected. SBA Pro-Life America strongly opposed this attempt to massively expand so-called abortion rights. A vote against this bill is a pro-life vote.

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