DWC Leaders Oppose Trump Admin Plan to Let Politicians Dismantle Federal Funding for Women Based on Political Ideology

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Wednesday, July 15, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chairwoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), Vice Chairs Hillary Scholten (MI-03) & Emilia Sykes (OH-13), and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) & Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), submitted a public comment letter opposing a proposed rule that would alter how federal grants are administered. The…

DWC Members Demand Trump Admin Reinstate Terminated Funds for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Grants

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Thursday, July 2, 79 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and the Democratic Caucus, led by DWC Reproductive Healthcare Task Force Co-Chairs Kelly Morrison (MN-03) and Judy Chu (CA-28) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, demanding the immediate reversal of the administration’s cancellation of 53 active Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP) grants, totaling to $68 million in funding

DWC Members Demand Trump Admin Restore & Expand Funding for Women’s Health Research

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Tuesday, June 30, 40 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) sent a letter to President Trump, HHS Secretary Kennedy, and NIH Director Bhattacharya, expressing continued concern with the administration's failure to address cuts to women’s health research and restrictions on research grants that use terms such as “women” and “female.”

Democratic Women’s Caucus Unveils Women’s Healthcare Legislative Slate on Dobbs Anniversary

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Wednesday, June 24, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), released its Women’s Healthcare Legislative Slate. The second of a series of legislative packages corresponding to DWC’s Better Future Agenda, the Women’s Healthcare Slate is a…

Dem Women’s Caucus Calls for Investments to Help Women and Families in 2027 Appropriations

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WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), DWC Vice Chairs Hillary Scholten (MI-03) and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Deborah Ross (NC-02) sent a letter to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (OK-04) and Ranking Member Rosa…

The Hill: Democratic Women’s Caucus outlines 2027 budget priorities

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A letter written by leaders of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) outlines the group’s appropriations priorities for fiscal 2027, days after the White House unveiled its budget requests. The letter, sent Tuesday to House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and shared with The Hill, urges the panel to prioritize investments that…

Dem Women’s Caucus & Reproductive Freedom Caucus Urge HHS to Fund Title X Grants to Protect Critical Reproductive Care After Significant Delay

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WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, March 16,  Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Whip Nikema Williams (GA-05), Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) Vice Chair Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), DWC Reproductive Health Care Task Force and Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28), and DWC & RFC members Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Dina Titus (NV-01) led 128 Members of the DWC and RFC in a letter to Department of Health…

Dem Women’s Caucus & Reproductive Freedom Caucus Condemn Trump Admin’s Attacks on Health Care in HHS Proposed Rule

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WASHINGTON, DC – Friday, March 13, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), DWC Vice Chair Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) Co-Chairs Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Diana DeGette (CO-01), and RFC Vice Chairs Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Norma Torres (CA-35) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) illustrating…

ICYMI: DWC Member Julia Brownley & Congressional Leaders Demand VA Overturn Dangerous Abortion Rule

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Yesterday, DWC member Julia Brownley (CA-26), Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), to formally overturn the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) recently finalized abortion rule.   House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark…

DWC Leadership Marks Solemn Anniversary of Roe v. Wade; Condemns Trump Admin’s Attacks on Repro Care

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Thursday, January 22, 2026, marks 53 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, which recognized the constitutional right to privacy and guaranteed the right to abortion across the United States. That right was ripped away when Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe through the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on June 24, 2022.…