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Richard J. Durbin
IL · U.S. Senate
Protect emergency, miscarriage, and ectopic pregnancy care in any abortion law
SupportsDurbin supports preserving pregnant patients' health and life in all circumstances.
The statements establish support for health-and-life care but do not separately address miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, or a precise emergency-treatment standard.
Protect contraception, IVF, fertility care, and pregnancy care with abortion rights
SupportsDurbin supports protections involving contraception, IVF, and broader reproductive-health rights.
The statements support contraception, IVF, and related reproductive-health protections without specifying the full scope or wording of a ballot measure.
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Reject abortion-rights amendments and restore abortion bans
OpposesDurbin opposes abortion bans and supports protecting reproductive choice in law.
The statements address abortion bans and legal reproductive-choice protections, but do not specify a particular constitutional form, viability standard, or exception structure.
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Protect medication abortion, telehealth, mailing, travel, and privacy
SupportsDurbin supports mifepristone access and lawful interstate access to abortion care, including related data privacy and provider protections.
The statements address mifepristone, interstate travel, data privacy, and providers assisting lawful abortion care; they do not establish positions on every medication, telehealth, mailing, or privacy protection.
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This answer uses the specific statements and actions below. We consider what each bill or vote actually did; a bill number by itself is not treated as a position.
What they said
Durbin statement on senate republicans voting against the reproductive freedom for women act
Read the full statement (opens in a new tab)Durbin statement on senate republicans voting against the reproductive freedom for women act
Read the full statement (opens in a new tab)We checked 29 of 29 bills Modern Action tracks on this subject.
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Joined the bill as an original cosponsor. The record does not establish which bill text applied at that time, so this action alone does not establish what policy the official supported.
S. 2150 · Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
Joined the bill as an original cosponsor. The record does not establish which bill text applied at that time, so this action alone does not establish what policy the official supported.
S. 2073 · State Public Option Act
Joined the bill as an original cosponsor. The record does not establish which bill text applied at that time, so this action alone does not establish what policy the official supported.
S. 422 · Right to Contraception Act
Durbin statement on senate republicans voting against the reproductive freedom for women act
Durbin statement on senate republicans voting against the reproductive freedom for women act
Durbin statement on supreme court ruling in moyle v united states
“Preserving the health and life of the mother should be a necessity no matter the circumstance.”
On the two year anniversary of the dobbs ruling durbin recommits to protecting womens reproductive freedom
“The last two years have exposed the true aim of anti-choice extremists: They seek a national abortion ban, and they are not even open to basic protections for contraception and assisted reproductive technology like in vitro fertilization.”
Durbin its now up to congress to protect women and health care providers from the results of the disastrous dobbs ruling
“That is why I strongly support the four measures that my Democratic colleagues have offered today to protect women's right to travel to receive health care, protect patients' data privacy, protect health care providers' ability to provide abortions in states where it is legal, and protect the right to contraception.”
Durbin democrats wont rest until we restore access to womens reproductive health care nationwide
“So this attempt to ban this medication [mifepristone] isn't grounded in science, and it certainly isn't grounded in genuine concern for the safety of women.”
Durbin overturning roe has unleashed a health care crisis in this country
“Our constitutional rights cannot differ state by state.”
Durbin roe v wades reversal created a health care crisis
“Women and health care providers are counting on us to pass this bill... because the anti-choice legislatures who have already outlawed abortion in their state are not content with what they've done already.”
Durbin statement on supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade
“I will keep fighting to enshrine into law a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices.”
Congressional hearing record
Congressional activity recorded in an official government source.
“S.B. 8 flouts the Supreme Court's long-established precedent in Roe v. Wade and effectively bans nearly all abortions in Texas, even in cases of rape and incest.”
