Press Release
Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Senate Republicans’ “Plan” to Let Health Care Costs Skyrocket While Demanding New Abortion Coverage Restrictions
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Senate Republicans’ “Plan” to Let Health Care Costs Skyrocket While Demanding New Abortion Coverage Restrictions
Washington, DC — Today, GOP Senate leadership announced a vote on a partisan proposal that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits that millions of families rely on. The bill by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) undermines the ACA’s critical protections and would further restrict coverage for abortion and gender-affirming care.
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats have committed to rejecting Republicans’ plan and proposed a clean three-year extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits to provide stability for 22 million Americans and avert a catastrophic spike in health care costs next month. Both parties’ proposals are set for a Senate vote this Thursday, December 11.
Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:
“The Cassidy-Crapo bill is not a serious proposal, but a political stunt meant to give Republicans cover for refusing to support an actual solution to the health care crisis they created. Instead of backing a common-sense clean extension of the ACA tax credits that their constituents depend on, Republicans are once again pandering to anti-abortion extremists. This so-called plan is just a cynical ploy to justify doing nothing while families brace for crushing premiums. It’s time for lawmakers to do their jobs and pass a clean extension of the ACA tax credits immediately.”
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For over 55 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.