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September 27, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette(D-CO) andBarbara Lee(D-CA), as co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, issued the following statementon the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court:

"The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is now the single greatest threat to women's right to abortion care.


June 29, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Pro-Choice Caucus Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in June Medical Services v. Russo to overturn the Louisiana law requiring physicians who provide abortion care to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of a clinic.

May 22, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pro-Choice Caucus Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), along with taskforce leads Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), released the following statement on the Trump Administrat


March 27, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Pro-Choice Caucus Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) and taskforce leadsJan Schakowsky (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Norma Torres (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA) and Katherine Clark (D-MA) released the following statement today after multiple state governments attem


January 3, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pro-Choice Caucus Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) released the following statement after 207 members of Congress submitted an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade:

"Shame on the members of Congress who are doubling down on their efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade.


October 4, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pro-Choice Caucus Chairs U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Pro-Choice Taskforce leads Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ted Deutch (D-FL)and Julia Brownley (D-CA)released the following statement after the U.S.


August 20, 2019

Washington, D.C. –Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement after Planned Parenthood exited the Title X family planning program as a result of the Trump Administration's continued attacks on reproductive health:


July 16, 2019

Washington D.C – Pro-Choice Caucus co-chairs Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued this statement on the Trump Administration's announcement on Monday that it will immediately enact its Title X domestic gag rule, following a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals allowing it to go into effect:


May 24, 2019
Washington, D.C. – In response to the Trump Administration’s proposed rule that would gut Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which protects individuals from discrimination in health care on the basis of race, color, national origin and sex, including gender identity, pregnancy, age or disability, Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Diana DeGette (CO-01), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus issued the following statement

May 2, 2019
Washington, D.C. – In response to the Trump Administration’s issuance of a final rule that would allow healthcare providers the ability to refuse to provide patients standard health care services if they have a moral or religious objection, Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Diana DeGette (CO-01), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus and issue the following statement: