Press Releases

Pro-Choice Caucus Leaders Urge SCOTUS to Uphold Roe v. Wade
December 1, 2021
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The co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO), released the following statement today urging the Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi’s abortion ban and uphold nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent to protect Americans’ constitutional right to abortion care: 
DeGette, Lee applaud end of Title X Gag Rule
October 5, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The co-chairs of the Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), hailed the steps taken today by the Biden administration to rebuild the nation’s Title X family planning program. 
Pro-Choice Caucus leaders’ statement on Texas anti-abortion bill
September 1, 2021
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Today, Pro-Choice Caucus co-chairs Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) released the following statement in response to the enactment of S.B. 8, the Texas law banning all abortions as early as six weeks: 
Pro-Choice Caucus and Progressive Caucus Joint Statement on Supreme Court Failure to Block Anti-Abortion Law in Texas
September 1, 2021
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WASHINGTON — Today, Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus co-chairs Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Progressive Caucus chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement in response to the enactment of S.B. 8, an extreme anti-abortion law in Texas: 
Pro-Choice Caucus statement on House vote to end Hyde Amendment abortion ban
July 29, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chairs of the Pro-Choice Caucus, issued the following statement in the wake of the U.S. House of Representatives move today to – for the first time in more than 40 years – advance an appropriations bill free of the Hyde Amendment:

Pro-Choice Caucus leaders applaud exclusion of Hyde amendment in president’s budget
May 28, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Leaders of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus hailed the exclusion of the Hyde amendment from President Biden's first annual budget proposal submitted to Congress today as a significant moment in their fight to expand access to reproductive care.

Pro-Choice Caucus leaders’ statement on Supreme Court decision to hear Mississippi abortion
May 18, 2021
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will soon hear arguments inDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,a case dealing with the constitutionality of a Mississippi lawbanning almost all abortions after 15 weeks.

Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Applaud FDA Decision to Suspend Restriction on Mifepristone
April 14, 2021
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Washington, DC–Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) today applauded theFood and Drug Administration's (FDA)letterto theAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)indicating that it will halt enforcement ofthe medically unnecessaryin-person dispensing requirement formifepristone.

Congressional Pro-Choice Leaders Urge Biden to Take Immediate Steps to Protect Reproductive Rights
December 23, 2020
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Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus – led by U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee and (D-CA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) – sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden outlining the steps they hope his administration will immediately take to “preserve, protect, and advance sexual and reproductive health” for everyone in the U.S. and around the world.
Pro-Choice Caucus leaders’ statement on confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court
October 26, 2020
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), as co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, issued the following statement after the Senate voted tonight to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court: