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September 30, 2021

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing Thursday on abortion rights in response to the spate of anti-abortion laws being instituted across the country. 


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September 30, 2021
“I knew it was a decision I needed to make for myself, so I did,” said the Missouri Democrat, who called it the hardest decision she ever made. “Today, I sit before you as that nurse, and as a pastor, activist, survivor, single mom, and congresswoman to testify that in the summer of 1994, I was raped, became pregnant, and chose to have an abortion.”

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September 29, 2021

Democratic Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) and Barbara Lee (Calif.) shared their abortion stories on Wednesday, a day before a congressional hearing on access to the procedure, which is under increasing threat.


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September 24, 2021
The House passed legislation, 218-211, on Friday that, if enacted, would broadly expand the scope of abortion rights.

September 1, 2021
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: 

September 1, 2021
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: 

July 29, 2021

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:


May 28, 2021

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.


May 18, 2021

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.


April 14, 2021

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.