West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, jeopardizing reproductive freedom for millions of Americans, leaked to the press.
“First thing’s first, abortion is still legal, and this leak doesn’t change that yet,” said Rep. Frankel. “However, if this rumor is… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s dangerous 15-week abortion ban, H.B. 5, into law. This ban prohibits almost all abortions after 15 weeks, without exceptions for rape or incest.
“Today is a dark day for Florida,” said Rep. Frankel. “The personal decision about whether and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – For the first time ever, the Senate today voted to make access to abortion care a federally protected right. The Women’s Health Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) in the House and Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in the Senate would guarantee equal access to… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-03), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40), were joined by 62 bipartisan Members of Congress in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the extension of the charter for the federal Task Force on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after Florida state lawmakers filed a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks.
“The deeply personal decision of whether and when to bring a child into this world should be in the hands of people and persons they trust, not the politicians,” said Rep.… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement as the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that will provide a major test for whether the U.S. Supreme Court will continue to uphold 50 years of precedent defending the constitutional right to abortion.
“Everyone deserves the freedom… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21), released the following statement as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the merits of the Texas abortion law, S.B. 8.
“Today’s arguments before the Supreme Court will have a dramatic impact on the lives of millions of Americans,” said Rep. Frankel. “The Texas law was written to intentionally undermine the judicial… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pittman granted the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to halt enforcement of S.B. 8, the recently-enacted Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state.
“The Texas abortion law empowers anti-abortion bounty hunters to exert control over… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services reversed a harmful Trump-era policy that cut off Title X funding from health care providers who offer abortion services or refer patients for abortion. This new rule re-instates critical funding for clinics like Planned Parenthood and the… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after the House passed the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would protect access to safe legal abortion care, regardless of where a person lives.
“The decision of whether, if, and when to become a parent is one of the most personal life decisions we can make, and it’s a decision that… Read more »
