NARAL Endorses Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz for Congress

Rep. Wasserman Schultz Earns Endorsement from Nation’s Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group 

NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC today announced its endorsement of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her campaign to continue representing Florida’s 23rd Congressional District. NARAL’s endorsement reflects Schultz’s leadership in standing up for Florida women and families as well as her steadfast commitment to protecting and expanding women’s access to reproductive health care, including abortion care.

 “We are proud to stand with Rep. Wasserman Schultz in her re-election campaign,” said Sasha Bruce, senior vice president for campaigns and strategy at NARAL Pro-Choice America. “Together, Debbie and NARAL Pro-Choice America led the fight to create and secure the most progressive reproductive freedom party platform in the history of the country. Debbie understands that harmful, anti-choice policies like the Hyde and Helms amendments only end up further discriminating against low-income women. She knows that public policy should support women and families at every stage of our reproductive lives and that is why we are proud to stand with her.”

“I am honored to receive the endorsement and support of NARAL-Pro Choice America, a leader in protecting and expanding reproductive freedom,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Throughout my career, it’s been a top priority of mine that women have access to comprehensive reproductive health care services. I have fervently supported efforts to make birth control available to all, provide sex education to teens, and support healthy pregnancies. Despite the Supreme Court time and again affirming a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her body and her health, in consultation with her health care provider — not her Member of Congress — our right is constantly under attack by the Republican majority. I am proud to be a steadfast ally of NARAL in working to overcome these assaults on our right to choose, and will always work to defend and strengthen this right in Congress.”

NARAL Pro-Choice America and its network of state affiliates are dedicated to protecting and expanding reproductive freedom for all Americans. NARAL works to guarantee that every woman has the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion. In recognition of its work defending our constitutional right to choose, Fortune Magazine described NARAL as “one of the top 10 advocacy groups in America.”