Statement by the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus on Health Reform

WASHINGTON – As a result of a leadership meeting yesterday of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the Caucus, released the following statement regarding a women's right to choose and the pending health insurance reform legislation:

"Since the beginning of the health care reform debate, we have committed ourselves to the premise that nothing in the bill should change existing abortion laws in this country. The Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus will not vote in favor of a bill that takes a woman's access to care back one step."

The Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus is over 190 members strong.