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ChampionedReproductive Rights

Committed to keep fighting to defend women's right to make their own reproductive decisions, vowing not to stop organizing and fighting until women's reproductive freedoms can be exercised equally in every part of the country.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

All three cited sources are reachable, the quotes appear verbatim, and each supports the CHAMPIONED outcome for this effort-based promise (to "keep fighting" and "not stop organizing and fighting" for reproductive freedom after Dobbs). (1) The smith.senate.gov press release (dated Feb 2, 2023) confirms Smith reintroduced the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act with Rep. Cori Bush, and the quoted statement — "Our bill, which would safeguard access to medication abortion, is a critical step to protect what remaining access exists to reproductive health care." — is present verbatim; the page also shows her actively pressing to "fight back against Republicans' efforts to chip away at women's reproductive freedoms." This documents leading/authoring legislation, i.e., championing rather than merely voting. (2) The Senate roll-call page confirms Vote 190 of the 118th Congress, 2nd Session (June 5, 2024) on Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 4381 (Right to Contraception Act), rejected 51-39, with Smith (D-MN) voting Yea — the quoted vote-question text matches. (3) The Roll Call article confirms the headline "Senate rejects move to codify right to contraception," the 51-39 tally, and mentions Smith. Because the primary source documents Smith as lead sponsor reintroducing reproductive-rights legislation (beyond mere votes), CHAMPIONED does not overstate the evidence for a promise that was explicitly about sustained effort. The rating's own caveat — that the ultimate goal of nationwide equal reproductive freedom was not achieved because the bills were filibustered — is honest and does not undermine the effort-based rating.

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