By Organ Mountain News on Jun 24, 2026

Vasquez backs bill protecting access to abortion medication

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez announced support for legislation protecting access to medication abortion on the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez speaks on the House floor. (Screenshot / Office of U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez)

The southern New Mexico congressman announced support for the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act on the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision.

Organ Mountain News report

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez announced support Wednesday for legislation aimed at protecting access to medication abortion, including mifepristone.

Vasquez, D-N.M., announced his support for the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act on June 24, the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The 2022 ruling overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion.

“Four years after Roe was overturned, women are still paying the price for extremists’ attacks on reproductive freedom,” Vasquez said. “Abortion is health care, and politicians have no business making these deeply personal decisions for women and their families. Every woman deserves the freedom to make her own health care decisions in consultation with her doctor and guided by her own faith and values — not the government’s.”

The Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act would safeguard access to medication abortion by reaffirming the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, according to Vasquez’s office. The bill also would protect health care providers’ ability to prescribe medication abortion through telehealth and allow patients to receive the medication by mail.

Vasquez’s office said the legislation is intended to help ensure access to medication abortion regardless of where a patient lives.

Vasquez has previously supported other abortion and reproductive health measures, including the Women’s Health Protection Act, the Right to Contraception Act and a resolution affirming a right to emergency health care, including abortion care.

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