The Freedom of Choice Act (H.R. 3719/S. 2020) is a bill in the United States Congress which, if enacted, would abolish all restrictions and limitations on the right of women in the United States to have an abortion, whether at the State or Federal level. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., the Democratic President-Elect, became a co-sponsor of the 2007
Responding to a question regarding how he would preserve reproductive rights in a speech given to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund on July 17, 2007, he declared "The first thing I'd do, as president, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing that I'd do." ^
^ Barack Obama Promises to Sign FOCA YouTube.com, posted July 9, 2008.
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