Press Releases
Read this press release from Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 238 Members of Congress—led by U.S. Senators Schumer, Murray, and Wyden, and U.S. Representatives Jeffries, Clark, Pallone, DeGette and Pressley—submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT) in Medina v. Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic, a case challenging South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster’s efforts to block participants in the state’s Medicaid program from accessing health care at the Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT) affiliate’s health centers.
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 plans to drop the U.S. government’s case against Idaho over the state’s violation of Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) protections for emergency abortion care:
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 latest executive order aimed at in vitro fertilization (IVF):
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 U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services:
Read this press release from Rep. Julia Brownley here.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) announced the reintroduction of three bills to expand and improve health care for our nation’s women veterans. The bills include the Veterans Infertility Treatment Act, the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act, and the Improving Menopause Care for Veterans Act.
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 sweeping federal funding freeze, which targets hundreds of health programs, including reproductive health care providers:
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 recent pardon of 23 perpetrators of illegal violence and harassment at abortion clinics:
“Once again, Donald Trump has shown contempt for the laws of the land, issuing sweeping pardons for nearly two dozen people convicted of violently barricading reproductive health care clinics and harassing and even injuring clinic staff and patients.
Read this press release from Rep. Jennifer McClellan here.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Chair of the Abortion Rights and Access Task Force for the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, issued the following statement after she voted against H.R. 21, the House GOP Reproductive Health Care Surveillance Act: