Statement by Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs DeGette and Slaughter on Latest Republican Attempt to Deny Women’s Right to Choose

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Louise Slaughter (NY-25), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, issued the following statement after House Republican leaders revived their misguided attempt to pass H.R. 36, adding additional barriers to women seeking medical and abortion services:

"Republican politicians in Washington and around the country continue to try to insert themselves into women's personal health care decisions and restrict women's ability to make constitutionally protected medical choices. Their latest attempt in Congress with H.R. 36 singles out women enduring some of the most traumatic circumstances imaginable and forces further indignity by requiring them to effectively get permission to regain some control over their bodies, their health, and their safety. Every woman has a constitutional right to make health care choices in the manner she sees fit and everyone in America should see this cynical attempt to seize control from women for what it is."

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