Press Releases

 Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) member Representative Susan Wild released the following statement in response to the Alabama State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during IVF are considered “children” under state law. Rep. Wild is the lead sponsor of H.R. 7056, the Access to Family Building Act, which would codify an individual’s… Read more »

 Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22), DWC Policy Co-Chairs Ayanna Pressley (MA-7) and Kathy Manning (NC-6), and Pro-Choice Caucus Contraception & Family Planning Task Force Chair Judy Chu (CA-28), along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Tina Smith (D-MN), led over 150 House and Senate Democratic… Read more »

  Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) White House Liaison Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Vice Chairs Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) led over 150 House Democratic colleagues in urging the Biden-Harris Administration to protect Americans from the criminalization of their pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes, in the… Read more »

Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel and DWC Vice Chairs Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Nikema Williams (D-GA) issued the following statement in response to the House vote on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. The bill passed the House by a vote of 357-70. “The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act is a… Read more »

Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel and DWC member Hillary Scholten, Vice-Ranking Member on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Subcommittee, released the following statement after a requested briefing from USCG on the cover-up of “Operation Fouled Anchor,” the Coast Guard report exposing decades of… Read more »

Today, members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) released the following statements on House Republicans in the Education and Workforce Committee advancing the so-called Pregnant Students’ Rights Act. Despite its name, the bill provides no new rights to pregnant students, nor does is provide pregnant students with supports like child care or affordable… Read more »

Today, members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) released the following statements on their successful efforts to keep anti-abortion attacks out of the NDAA.   The Democratic Women’s Caucus has fought against inclusion of anti-abortion language in the NDAA throughout the 118th Congress. In June, the DWC warned House Armed Service Committee (HASC) leadership… Read more »

Members request updated ACA guidance that specifies insurance plans must cover over-the-counter contraceptives at no cost and without a prescription This week, Pro-Choice Caucus Contraception and Family Planning Task Force Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22) led 121 House Democrats in urging the Biden-Harris… Read more »

***WATCH A RECORDING OF A PRESS CALL HERE*** Today, Rep. Lois Frankel, Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), and Rep. Mark Takano, Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC) led a letter with more than 60 of their House Democratic colleagues urging the Biden Administration to finalize the Title IX rules following a concerning delay. “It is our… Read more »

Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) leaders Chair Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Vice Chairs Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Nikema Williams (D-GA) urged House leaders to advance the $16 billion in supplemental child care funding to stabilize the child care industry as requested by President Biden.   In a letter, the Democratic Women’s Caucus leaders made clear… Read more »