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 »
Washington, DC—Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would institute a nationwide abortion ban.
“Republicans have been pushing toward their dark and extreme goal of a nationwide abortion ban for decades, and now that the Supreme Court has stripped women of their legal right to access abortion care, MAGA… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21), released the following statement after voting for the Right to Contraception Act.
“The Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle access to abortion was not the end of extreme, unnecessary intrusions into our personal lives by Republicans. Next on their list: limiting the right to buy and use the birth control that gives women… Read more »
Washington, DC– Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after the House passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) and the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act—two bills aimed at protecting access to abortion care in America.
“As Republicans push toward their dark and extreme goal of a nationwide abortion ban, Democrats are… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after President Biden announced an executive order to protect reproductive freedom and access to health care services in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“In the face of the biggest dismantling of women’s rights in half a century, I commend and thank… Read more »
With Critical Frankel Priorities Included, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill Heads to House Floor for Final Passage
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after helping pass the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) funding bill for Fiscal Year… Read more »
