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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.
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.
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.
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.