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Reproductive health advocates are sounding the alarm over the case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead months ago but must now stay on life support, according to her family, because of the state’s strict abortion ban law.
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:
More than 130 House Democrats are pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to maintain a policy enabling veterans to access abortion care and counseling as part of their medical benefits.
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.
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:
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.
Today at SXSW, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) joined The Emancipator’s Amber Payne to talk about reproductive justice, advocacy, and community. They talked about Pressley’s work in Washington representing Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, and how she infuses her work with love and 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 plans to drop the U.S.