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After both the House and Senate passed a Pentagon policy bill that included an expansion of in vitro fertilization coverage for active duty service members and their families, congressional leaders stripped the provision from the final version — and lawmakers in both parties are livid.
As the House prepares for a final vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, on Wednesday, frustration is boiling over across the aisle.
House Republicans want to start a fight over how doctors are trained to provide abortions, reopening an issue that had been settled for nearly three decades.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) and Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members fought together against the Trump administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed rule to reinstate a near-total ban on abortion care and abortion counseling, including for veterans who have been raped or whose pregnancy is threatening their health.
AKRON – U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes used a Planned Parenthood affiliate in her district on Monday to illustrate how looming federal budget cuts will impact health care for vulnerable constituents.
Sykes met with employees and toured the Akron Health Center and PPRx pharmacy amid federal budget cuts that threaten the organization’s ability to provide care.
Read this press release from Rep. Julia Brownley here.
The Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act would repeal the Hyde Amendment, which since 1976 has barred federal funding from being used to pay for abortions except in rare circumstances like rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger.
Read this press release from Ranking Member Gregory Meeks here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) Co-Chairs Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) released the following statement condemning the House passage of Republicans’ one big, ugly budget bill and the extreme harm it will bring to reproductive health care access in America:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) recognized the third anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Together with House Democratic Leadership, the Democratic Women’s Caucus, and our coalition partners, RFC marked this milestone with impactful events, digital mobilization, and the reintroduction of the landmark Women’s Health Protection Act.
Tuesday, June 24: