Reproductive Healthcare
Scott believes that all women deserve equal access to reproductive health care without interference from the government. He supports legislation that protects women’s rights and promotes fair and equal treatment. He is a member of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, a group of over 150 members of the U.S. House of Representatives committed to advancing reproductive rights, freedom, and justice.
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Protecting the Right to Choose
- Spoke out against Republican’s anti-choice agenda on the floor and in committee supporting a woman’s right to choose amid attacks on these rights from all levels of government.
- Cosponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act, which creates a statutory right for health care providers to provide abortion care free from restrictions that target abortion and impede access.
- Cosponsored the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, which prohibits any person acting under color of state law from punishing women traveling for the purpose of accessing reproductive health care.
- Original cosponsor of the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act, which helps ensure access to abortion care, regardless of income or insurance provider.
Preserving Access to Contraception
Every person who needs it should be able to access the family planning support and birth control method that works best for them, which is why Scott is working to expand access to family planning, including birth control. He supports the Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights (HER) Act, to repeal the Global Gag rule; the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act, to repeal the dangerous Helms Amendment; and the Support UNFPA Funding Act, to reaffirm our nation’s commitment to the UN’s family planning agency and global gender equality. Additional actions:
- Supported the Affordability is Access Act, to expand insurance coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives.
- Cosponsored the Right to Contraception Act, which would codify the Constitutional right to contraception, protecting an individual’s ability to use contraception and a health care provider’s ability to provide information about and access to contraception.
- Advocated against judicial decisions to turn back the clock on medication abortion approval.
Care for Servicemembers
- Protect and preserve servicemembers’ access to reproductive healthcare in the National Defense Authorization Act by cosponsoring amendments that would eliminate harmful abortion bans in the military and would expand the Department of Defense’s current reproductive health care leave & travel policy to ensure greater protections for servicemembers who are forced to seek reproductive health care off base.
- Cosponsored the Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act which would remove cost barriers to contraception for servicemembers and their dependents.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion laws and access to reproductive health care have varied significantly from state to state. Fortunately, California has taken steps to safeguard abortion rights, including legislation signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2023 that bolsters privacy protections for personal reproductive health care data, safeguards abortion providers against out-of-state legal action, and expands abortion care training opportunities for medical residents and other providers.
Below are local, state, and federal resources that provide information about reproductive rights and how to access care.
Federal Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services Reproductive Rights Resource Website HERE
- Department of Justice Reproductive Rights Task Force Information HERE
- Department of Education Title IX Fact Sheet HERE
- Department of Defense
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Reproductive Health Care Coverage
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Office of Secretary Xavier Becerra
- HHS, Labor and Treasury Joint Guidance on Birth Control Coverage HERE
- Office of Secretary Xavier Becerra
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Family Planning Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services
State Agencies
- State of California Official Abortion Information Website HERE
- CA Office of the Surgeon General Reproductive Health Information HERE
- CA Department of Justice
- Reproductive Health Care Access in County Jails 2023 Report HERE
- CA Department of Insurance Abortion Coverage FAQ HERE
- CA Health and Human Services Agency
- Department of Health Care Services
- Women’s Health Information HERE
- Doula Directory HERE
- Abortion Supplemental Payment Program Information for Community Clinics HERE
- Reproductive Health Access Demonstration Medicaid Waiver Request Information HERE
- Department of Health Care Access and Information
- Reproductive Health Care Access Initiative Resources HERE
- Department of Managed Health Care
- Department of Health Care Services
Local Resources
- San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency
- Perinatal Care Network (PCN): HERE
- San Diego Veterans Affairs
- VA Chula Vista gynecology and contraceptives: HERE
- VA Kearny Mesa gynecology and contraceptives: HERE
- University of California, San Diego