The Senate passed the "Big Beautiful Bill" with a narrow vote of 51-50, facilitated by Vice President JD Vance's tie-breaking vote. The legislation proposes $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, heavily impacting women, particularly those of reproductive age. The bill eliminates Medicaid funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, affecting services such as STI testing and cancer screening. Critics assert that denying women access to healthcare can lead to financial instability and workforce disengagement due to unwanted pregnancies.
The legislation has been the subject of in-fighting among Republicans and contempt among Democrats, and ended up passing by a razor-thin margin of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
A key tenet of the bill's current iteration is a whopping $1.1 trillion in cuts over the next decade to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The bill would cut off Medicaid funding for abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood.
The more and more women are denied access to care, whether that be abortion [or] other care, the more likely they are to face debt, financial instability, [and] remove themselves from the workforce because of unwanted children.
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