Know Your Rights
**Disclaimer: (January 2025) As we work to adapt this project to the realities of a new presidential administration, please be aware that some of the Federal resources listed here, such as the HHS ReproductiveRights.gov website, have already been removed, will soon be removed, or may be altered to contain misleading, biased anti-abortion information. Please be vigilant if you are utilizing these Federal resources in the coming weeks, and reach out to us at ReproductiveFreedom.Caucus@mail.house.gov if you need assistance or would like to connect with a local Member of our Caucus. We will be back with additional details as soon as possible.**
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion laws and access to care have varied substantially from state to state. Some have taken steps to safeguard, and others to restrict, abortion rights and access during that time. In states across the country, voters have also shifted the conversation, voting again and again to maintain and codify the right to abortion in their states.
As we face an unprecedented reproductive health care crisis nationwide, the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC), formerly Pro-Choice Caucus, is fighting with you and for you. RFC is a group of over 160 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives committed to advancing reproductive rights, freedom, and justice. From moving key legislation forward to amplifying the voices of those around the country demanding action, RFC Members, led by Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) are proud to fight for your reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy.
That is why, in the wake of the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we launched the Know Your Rights Project—to equip our Members with the tools to share comprehensive, current, and community-specific resources with every constituent they serve to help them know their rights and access care and coverage.
We know that abortion care is health care. Reproductive rights are human rights, and you deserve the freedom to make your own medical decisions—including about abortion.
Please review the resources below for information on knowing your rights, understanding Congressional action to advance reproductive freedom, and accessing care. You will also find state-by-state resources from RFC Members.
Know Your Rights & Access Care
On a national, state, and local level, you have rights, and you have options for access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion care. Do you have questions about those rights and options? See the relevant resources below.
Federal: Biden Administration
National Rights & General Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services Reproductive Rights Resource Website [*Archived Version] HERE
- Department of Justice Reproductive Rights Task Force Information HERE
- Department of Education Title IX Fact Sheet HERE
- Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs Reproductive Health Information HERE
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Pregnancy Discrimination Information HERE
- Department of Homeland Security
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement Medical Care Standards HERE
Reproductive Health Care Coverage
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Defense
- Defense Health Agency
- TRICARE Reproductive Health Coverage Policies HERE
- Defense Health Agency
- Health Insurance Marketplace
- Department of Labor Employer-Based Health Benefits ‘Ask EBSA’ Hotline Information HERE
Family Planning Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services
Fertility Care Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services
Educational Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services
State & Local: RFC Members
As our Members join the Know Your Rights Project, the list below will be updated to include additional Congressional webpages.
Not sure if your district is on this list? Find your Representative here.
ARIZONA
Rep. Greg Stanton (COMING SOON!)
CALIFORNIA
Rep. Pete Aguilar
Rep. Nanette Barragan (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Julia Brownley (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Salud Carbajal
Rep. Judy Chu
Rep. John Garamendi (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Sara Jacobs
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. Ted Lieu
Rep. Scott Peters
Rep. Mark Takano
Rep. Norma Torres (COMING SOON!)
COLORADO
FLORIDA
Rep. Lois Frankel
Rep. Maxwell Frost
Rep. Darren Soto
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
Rep. Frederica Wilson
ILLINOIS
Rep. Sean Casten
Rep. Mike Quigley
Rep. Delia Ramirez (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Rep. Brad Schneider (COMING SOON!)
INDIANA
Rep. André Carson (COMING SOON!)
KENTUCKY
Rep. Morgan McGarvey (COMING SOON!)
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
Rep. Seth Moulton
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Lori Trahan
NEW JERSEY
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (COMING SOON!)
NEW YORK
Rep. Jamaal Bowman
Rep. Dan Goldman
Rep. Jerry Nadler (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez
PENNSYLVANIA
Rep. Summer Lee (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (COMING SOON!)
RHODE ISLAND
Rep. Seth Magaziner (COMING SOON!)
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (COMING SOON!)
VERMONT
Rep. Becca Balint (COMING SOON!)
VIRGINIA
Rep. Don Beyer (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Rep. Jennifer McClellan
Rep. Bobby Scott (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (COMING SOON!)
WASHINGTON
Rep. Suzan DelBene
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Rep. Derek Kilmer (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Rick Larsen (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Adam Smith
WISCONSIN
Rep. Gwen Moore (COMING SOON!)
Rep. Mark Pocan (COMING SOON!)
What Congress is Doing
Legislation
Whether we are in the majority or minority, the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, formerly Pro-Choice Caucus, is constantly working to advance bills that safeguard your reproductive rights and access to care, protect your private health care data, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to global health and human rights worldwide, among other key issues. Read more about those initiatives here:
Abortion Rights
The right to abortion is a fundamental right—one that must be safeguarded in federal law. That is why the Pro-Choice Caucus is proud to endorse the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify the protections of Roe v. Wade and enshrine the national right to abortion into law. In just two days, 211 Members of Congress signed the Pro-Choice Caucus’ discharge petition, which is only six signatures from forcing a vote on the House Floor on this critical bill, even over GOP leadership objections.
The Pro-Choice Caucus endorses multiple pieces of abortion rights legislation, including the Abortion Justice Act—which articulates a proactive vision for a future with true reproductive freedom for all; the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, to protect the right to travel between states for reproductive health care; the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act, to protect abortion providers from retaliatory legal action; the STOP Comstock Act, to repeal parts of existing laws that anti-abortion extremists want to misapply to ban abortion; and the removal of the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment, to enshrine gender equity in the U.S. constitution.
Contraception Rights
You, and only you, have the right to decide whether, how, and when you become a parent. Every person deserves that right—and deserves to have their choice of the birth control method that works best for them, free from political interference. As extreme GOP attacks on contraception are already taking place across the nation, the Pro-Choice Caucus stands with 9 in 10 Americans and endorses the bipartisan Right to Contraception Act. This bill would enshrine the right to contraception into federal law and protect all people who use it from attempts to restrict access to birth control.
Access to Abortion
In addition to protecting the right to abortion, true reproductive freedom means every person has access to the reproductive health care they need, regardless of income, insurance, or zip code. This requires decisive action to abolish harmful and discriminatory restrictions, such as the Hyde Amendment—a policy prohibiting all taxpayer funding for abortion care, blocking abortion care coverage for all those who rely on federal government-sponsored or subsidized health insurance. This predominantly impacts poor women and women of color. While the extreme GOP consistently pushes to codify the racist, classist Hyde Amendment, House Democrats successfully kept it out of the House-passed spending bills multiple years running in previous Congresses. Now, we are working to eliminate it once and for all, which is why the Pro-Choice Caucus is proud to endorse the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act, to help ensure everybody can access the full spectrum of health care, including abortion care, regardless of their income or the source of their insurance.
Expanding access requires leaving no one behind, and the Pro-Choice Caucus proudly endorses the Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act to expand access to the full spectrum of reproductive care, including abortion care, and eliminate barriers for individuals with disabilities.
Other critical abortion access bills our Members are working to advance in the House include the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act, to support those traveling to access care; the Reproductive Health Care Training Act, to address gaps in abortion training; the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, to reaffirm the FDA’s authority over medication abortion approval and access; the Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act, to protect service members who need to travel for abortion care; the ACCESS Act, to help clinics expand their abortion care capacity; and the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act, to crack down on anti-abortion so-called “crisis pregnancy centers,” which seek to prevent people from accessing, or even accessing information about, abortion care by spreading harmful disinformation.
PCC also led multiple amicus briefs to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court to urge our courts to protect access to the safe, effective abortion medication mifepristone and to emergency abortion care.
Access to Family Planning
The vast majority of Americans has used one or more method of contraception in their lifetime—and nearly 4 million people per year utilize family planning services from the federal Title X program. Every person who needs it should be able to access the family planning support and birth control method that works best for them, which is why our Members are working to expand access to family planning, including birth control. The Pro-Choice Caucus is proud to endorse multiple bills that will help achieve this goal, including the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act, to reauthorize and increase investment in Title X; the Affordability is Access Act, to expand insurance coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives; the Enhancing Questions to Understand Intentions for Pregnancy (EQUIP) Act, to advance the pregnancy intention screening tools that prevent unintended pregnancy and improve the likelihood of healthy pregnancies; and the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act, to limit copayments for contraception for those utilizing VA health services.
Fertility Care Rights & Access
Every person should have the right to build their family if, when, and how they choose without facing baseless restrictions. Since the Dobbs decision, threats to the future of fertility services like assisted reproductive technology (ART), and particularly in vitro fertilization (IVF), have emerged nationwide. Our Members stand by your right to IVF and are fighting to preserve your access to the fertility care methods that help thousands of Americans each year build their families. That is why the Pro-Choice Caucus proudly endorses the Right to IVF Act to codify the right to fertility care into law and, together with the Democratic Women’s Caucus, launched a discharge petition to demand a vote on the House floor on this important bill.
PCC Members have introduced multiple pieces of legislation aimed at improving access to care so every American who needs or wants it can access fertility services. These include the Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act, to require coverage for treatment of infertility across insurance plans, from the marketplace and employer-sponsored insurance to TRICARE, VHA, and Medicaid; the Family Building FEHB Fairness Act, to ensure fertility care coverage for those using the federal employee health insurance program; and the Veteran Families Health Services Act, to improve fertility care access for certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families.
Data Privacy
Your reproductive health care choices are nobody’s business but yours and your health care provider’s—and that information should never be publicized against your will or weaponized. We need to protect personal reproductive health data, including about abortion, which is why the Pro-Choice Caucus is proud to endorse the My Body, My Data Act to create a new national standard for protecting the privacy of personal reproductive and sexual health information and the Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act to prevent law enforcement surveillance of private reproductive health care data.
Global Health & Human Rights
Reproductive rights are human rights, and we are proud of the work Congress is doing to advance those rights here in the U.S. and throughout the international community. The United States is the leading provider of global health assistance in the world, and longstanding, ideologically motivated policies have a shameful history of harming that aid’s effectiveness and our leadership on the world stage. The Global Gag Rule—also known as the Mexico City Policy—has been in effect intermittently for decades, largely under Republican administrations. The version of the rule in place during the previous administration prevents U.S. funds from going to any organizations that not only provide abortion care, but provide information on abortion care, even if U.S. funds are not spent on those services. This forced organizations receiving U.S. global health funding to choose between receiving U.S. resources and providing comprehensive reproductive health care in the best interest of their patients. On top of that, the Helms Amendment continues to bar all U.S. global health assistance from funding abortion care, even in countries where that care is legal. When in place, these policies contribute to a massive burden of unsafe abortions and maternal mortality in the countries they impact, counteracting our global health goals and the health and wellbeing of communities around the world.
While extreme GOP legislators push to codify these and other policies, to curtail human rights and slash global health and family planning funding, the Pro-Choice Caucus is proud to stand with our Members in support of the Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights (HER) Act, to repeal the Global Gag rule; the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act, to repeal the Helms amendment; the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act, to protect global LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights; and the Support UNFPA Funding Act, to reaffirm our nation’s commitment to the UN’s family planning agency and global gender equality.
Keep in Touch
To keep up with everything RFC is doing to continue the fight for reproductive freedom in Congress, you can find us on X, Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram.