West Palm Beach, FL – Earlier today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22) hosted a press conference to discuss the widespread devastating impacts on reproductive health care of Florida’s six-week abortion ban once it takes effect this Wednesday. She also called attention to the amendment on Florida’s ballot this November that would enshrine the right to abortion care in Florida’s… Read more »
Washington, DC – Last week, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) joined 257 Congressional colleagues in submitting an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold federal law and patients’ rights to emergency medical care. Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States are challenging the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law that requires… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after the Florida Supreme Court ruled to include an amendment on the state’s ballot this November that, if passed, will establish in Florida’s constitution a right to abortion before fetal viability (about 24 weeks). It will read that “no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Representative Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after pledging her support for the Access to Family Building Act, which would establish a nationwide right to IVF treatment. Frankel also hosted a press conference in Washington, D.C. last week with other House Democrats to express their support for the bill and their commitment to… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement as the Florida Supreme Court heard opening arguments in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al. vs. the State of Florida—the case to determine the legality of Florida’s 15-week abortion ban. If the court upholds the 15-week ban, the more recently passed six-week ban will then go… Read more »
Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after voting against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024. House Republicans filled this annual, historically bipartisan bill to the brim with extreme far-right agenda propaganda, including a harmful anti-abortion provision that undermines access to care for women servicemembers.
“The National… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL — Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after the Florida State House passed SB300. The bill, which now goes to Governor DeSantis to be signed into law, will ban abortions in Florida after six weeks, which is before many women know they are pregnant. Doctors who provide abortion care for patients after the six-week mark could face… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement on the decision in the case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, in which Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has stayed FDA approval of mifepristone—which studies have proven to be safe and effective, and is currently used in over half of abortions. The stay would go into effect in 7 days.
The… Read more »
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-29), and Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) led 204 of their House colleagues to introduce H.R. 12, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 (WHPA). This comprehensive legislation safeguards… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL—Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement in response to reports a 15-year-old survivor of incest was denied abortion care due to Florida’s severe restrictions on access to abortion, even for victims of rape and incest. The young patient was forced to travel at least two states away to receive care, according to Planned Parenthood.
“I… Read more »
