Protecting Choice

Since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, protecting reproductive rights is more important than ever. Raja is a longtime, consistent supporter of a woman’s right to choose. As the husband of a physician, Raja believes that women have the right to make their own healthcare decisions in consultation with their doctors– and without the interference of politicians.

During his time in Congress, Raja has co-sponsored several pieces of legislation that protect women’s access to abortion services, this includes the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021 which would enshrine Roe v. Wade into law and limit the government’s ability to to roadblock access to abortion care. To add to this, Raja is also a proponent of increasing access to birth control, including co-sponsoring the Right to Contraception Act of 2024, which would create a right to access birth control and would prevent measures that block access to birth control or information about birth control. Raja is also a co-sponsor of the Access to Family Building Act of 2024. This protects families’ rights to access assisted reproductive technology such as IVF. These bills would ensure that women would not be restricted from access to abortion coverage because of their economic disposition, geographic location, or reasons for seeking the procedure.

Raja is fighting on the frontlines in Congress against efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, which is the largest provider of health services to poor women across the country. He is fighting efforts to reduce funding for contraceptive services, including removing those benefits from coverage under the Affordable Care Act, and he is working to protect and expand U.S. efforts to improve women’s access to healthcare and contraceptive services overseas.