Democratic Women’s Caucus

30 Mar

Dem Women’s Caucus & Reproductive Freedom Caucus Urge HHS to Fund Title X Grants to Protect Critical Reproductive Care After Significant Delay

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Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Whip Nikema Williams (GA-05), Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) Vice Chair Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), DWC Reproductive Health Care Task Force and Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28), and DWC & RFC members Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Dina Titus (NV-01) led 128 Members of the DWC and RFC in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy urging him to extend Title X grants that provide critical family planning funding to health care centers across the country after HHS failed to provide guidance for months. Title X-funded health centers are lifelines in their communities, providing…

24 Jan

DWC Marks Solemn Anniversary of Roe v. Wade; Condemns Trump Admin’s Attacks on Repro CareLeadership

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53 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, which recognized the constitutional right to privacy and guaranteed the right to abortion across the United States. That right was ripped away when Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe through the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on June 24, 2022. Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) issued the following statement on today’s solemn Roe v. Wade anniversary, just days after the one- year anniversary of the Trump administration: