Editing Barbara Boxer (section)

===Reproductive rights===
[[File:Barbara Boxer.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Boxer speaking at an event]]
As a senator, Boxer was an outspoken supporter of abortion rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/barbara-boxers-legacy-for-women/384356/|title=Barbara Boxer: 'One of the Most Steadfast Champions for Women'|last=Graves |first=Lucia |date=January 8, 2015|website=The Atlantic}}</ref> She authored the [[Freedom of Choice Act]] of 2004 and participated in the floor fight for passage of the [[Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbara Boxer {{!}} Institute of Governmental Studies |url=https://igs.berkeley.edu/people/barbara-boxer |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=igs.berkeley.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sen. Boxer |first=Barbara [D-CA |date=2007-04-19 |title=S.1173 - 110th Congress (2007-2008): A bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman's freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/1173 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=www.congress.gov}}</ref>

Boxer was critical of the [[Stupak-Pitts Amendment]] to Obamacare.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/boxer-senate-has-votes-to_n_352064.html |title=Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment |work=Huffington Post |access-date=March 6, 2012 |first=Sam |last=Stein |date=November 10, 2009}}</ref>