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Co-Chairs Join House Democrats Press Conference
July 3, 2025

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:


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Co-Chair Ayanna Pressley and Task Force Chair McClellan join advocates and storytellers on Dobbs anniversary.
June 27, 2025

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:

Issues: Abortion Rights

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Co-Chair DeGette commends reproductive health care advocates at Congressional hearing
May 22, 2025

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 in response to the passage of the House GOP tax scam bill, which they condemned as an attack on reproductive health care: 


May 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) released the following statement on the tragic case of Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Georgia mother who was declared brain dead in February and forcibly remains on life support due to the state’s abortion ban:


April 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reproductive Freedom Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (CO-01) & Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), RFC Task Force Chair Judy Chu (CA-28), alongside Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Reproductive Freedom Caucus Vice Chair & Whip Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), author of the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-03), and Democratic Women’s Caucus Chief Whip Nikema Williams (GA-05) sent a letter signed by 155 other House Members urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Issues: Contraception

March 31, 2025

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 on the Trump administration’s funding freeze affecting tens of millions of dollars in Title X Family Planning Program funding, including Planned Parenthood funding:

“Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their yes-men were never going to stop at abortion. But now the writing is on the wall. 


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Rep. Mikie Sherrill
March 26, 2025

Read this press release from Rep. Mikie Sherrill here.