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Democrats and abortion rights groups are seizing on the anti-abortion record of new House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and appear ready to use it as a cudgel against the GOP conference ahead of the 2024 elections.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) released the following statement in response to Mike Johnson’s election as Speaker of the House:
Progressive abortion rights activists want to go much further in advancing abortion protections, and are pushing Democrats nationally and at the state level not to put any limits on the procedure.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement:
The House has narrowly passed its defense authorization bill mostly along party lines, shattering a nearly 60-year precedent of passing the annual package with significant bipartisan support.
The vote was 219-210, with four Republicans opposing the package and four Democrats backing it.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Pro-Choice Caucus co-chairs Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the statement below in response to an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offered by Rep.
As first anniversaries go, this is a day we wish we did not remember. Nobody in America should have to remember where they were when a basic freedom was taken from them.
Medical associations say state abortion restrictions adopted in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision have restricted access not only to reproductive care, but "unrelated" health care treatments as well, according to a