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AttemptedReproductive Rights

Pass the EACH Act she reintroduced to end the Hyde Amendment and remove restrictions on abortion coverage for people who depend on Medicaid and other government-sponsored health plans.

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 92%

Both cited PRIMARY sources are reachable and directly document THIS promise and support the ATTEMPTED outcome. (1) govinfo.gov official text of S.1031 confirms the bill is the "Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act of 2023" (EACH Act of 2023), introduced March 29, 2023, by "Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hirono, ...)," and "read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions." The cited quote matches the verbatim introduction line (the ellipsis abbreviates the full cosponsor list); Hirono is named, and the bill concerns the Hyde Amendment / abortion coverage under Medicaid. The "referred to committee" status confirms it did not advance to passage. (2) The Hirono Senate press release headline matches verbatim: "Hirono Reintroduces EACH Act to Help Guarantee Abortion Coverage For Millions of Americans," dated March 30, 2023 (matching the promise date), and confirms she reintroduced the bill as one of three co-leads (with Duckworth and Murray) to end the Hyde Amendment and lift coverage restrictions for people on Medicaid and government-sponsored plans. The promised objective was PASSAGE; the bill died in committee, never became law, the Hyde Amendment remains in effect, and the measure was reintroduced in 2025 — so the objective was not achieved despite genuine action. ATTEMPTED is accurate and does not overstate the evidence (it is if anything conservative given her co-lead role, but she was not the driving lead sponsor who carried it to success, and it did not pass). Neither quote is fabricated; no source is unreachable. Rating upheld.

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