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June 21, 2023
NEWS: Sanders and Murray Announce HELP Committee Hearing on the Disastrous Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 2, 2023
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING FIFTH CIRCUIT TO REVERSE TEXAS DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
Rep. Becca Balint
May 2, 2023
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING FIFTH CIRCUIT TO REVERSE TEXAS DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
Sen. Peter Welch
May 2, 2023
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING FIFTH CIRCUIT TO REVERSE TEXAS DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 27, 2023
Murray, Shaheen, 36 Colleagues Write to Pentagon Underscoring National Security Imperative to Provide Abortion Leave for Service Members
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 16, 2022
Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 28, 2022
Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 13, 2022
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chuck Shumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - Titus Pushes for Emergency Title X Family Planning Program Funding
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022
Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health & Human Services - Urging Biden Administration to Declare a National Public Health Emergency on Reproductive Rights
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 30, 2022
Tweet - "President Biden is absolutely right. Senate Democrats must end the filibuster and codify the right to an abortion NOW. If you allow the broken rules of the Senate to stand in the way of guaranteeing basic rights for our people, you don't really stand for those rights."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Calls for End of Filibuster to Codify Right to Abortion
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022
Tweet - "Overturning Roe v. Wade and denying women the right to control their own bodies is an outrage and in defiance of what the American people want. Democrats must now end the filibuster in the Senate, codify Roe v. Wade, and once again make abortion legal and safe."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022
Rep. Welch's Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Sen. Peter Welch
June 17, 2022
Letter to Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security - Reps. Crow & Speier Press to Expand Abortion Access & Support for US Servicemembers
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 7, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Warren Lead Over 20 Senators Urging President Biden to Issue Executive Order to Defend Americans' Right to an Abortion
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022
Letter to Auren Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of Safegraph, Inc. - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022
Letter to Noam Ben-Zvi, Chief Executive Officer of Placer.ai - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 11, 2022
Tweet - "It is no great secret that women throughout the history of our country have had to fight for their basic human rights against all forms of patriarchy, so today let us be absolutely clear: When it comes to women's rights, we cannot go backwards. We must go forward."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 10, 2022
Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Abolishing the Filibuster and Protecting Reproductive Freedom
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 9, 2022
Tweet - "If Republicans can end the filibuster to install right wing judges nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote in order to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats can and must end the filibuster to keep abortion legal and safe."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 3, 2022
Rep. Peter Welch's Statement on Draft Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Sen. Peter Welch
May 2, 2022
Tweet - "Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW. And if there aren't 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021
Tweet - "As the Supreme Court today hears a case on Roe v. Wade, let me be very clear. It is a woman who has the right to control her own body, not the government. If men were the ones giving birth, I doubt that this would be in question."
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 18, 2021
Catholic Members of Congress Release Statement of Principles
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 7, 2020
Letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - Reps. Pressley, Escobar, Lee, & Schakowsky lead More Than 150 Colleagues in Rejecting Attacks on Essential Reproductive Healthcare During COVID-19 Pandemic
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2019
Letter to Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray - Senators Warren, Hassan, and Colleagues Request HELP Hearing to Assess the Impacts of Title X Rule
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 27, 2016
Sanders Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 14, 2016
CNN - Full transcript: CNN Democratic Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 7, 2016
Transcript of the Fox News Democratic Presidential Town Hall
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2016
Roe v. Wade
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 22, 2015
Senate Blocks Bill on Abortions
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 3, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Helms Amendment and Women's Health
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Planned Parenthood
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
June 26, 2013
Letter to Wendy Davis, Senator - Anti-Abortion Filibuster
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 1, 2011
Letter to Speaker Boehner
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 13, 2011
Letter to Democratic Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 4, 2011
No Taxpayer Funding on Abortion Act
Sen. Peter Welch
Feb. 17, 2011
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Sen. Peter Welch
Dec. 8, 2009
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2009
Letter to Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 23, 2008
Letter to Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Re: Abandon Attempt to Undermine Women's Health
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Title
Politician
June 21, 2023
NEWS: Sanders and Murray Announce HELP Committee Hearing on the Disastrous Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 2, 2023
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING FIFTH CIRCUIT TO REVERSE TEXAS DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
Rep.Becca Balint
May 2, 2023
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING FIFTH CIRCUIT TO REVERSE TEXAS DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
Sen.Peter Welch
May 2, 2023
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING FIFTH CIRCUIT TO REVERSE TEXAS DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 27, 2023
Murray, Shaheen, 36 Colleagues Write to Pentagon Underscoring National Security Imperative to Provide Abortion Leave for Service Members
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Aug. 16, 2022
Letter to Social Media CEOs - Reps. Blunt Rochester & Kuster Call on Big Tech to Combat Abortion Misinformation
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 28, 2022
Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 13, 2022
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chuck Shumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - Titus Pushes for Emergency Title X Family Planning Program Funding
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022
Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health & Human Services - Urging Biden Administration to Declare a National Public Health Emergency on Reproductive Rights
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 6, 2022
Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 30, 2022
Tweet - "President Biden is absolutely right. Senate Democrats must end the filibuster and codify the right to an abortion NOW. If you allow the broken rules of the Senate to stand in the way of guaranteeing basic rights for our people, you don't really stand for those rights."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022
NEWS: Sanders Calls for End of Filibuster to Codify Right to Abortion
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022
Tweet - "Overturning Roe v. Wade and denying women the right to control their own bodies is an outrage and in defiance of what the American people want. Democrats must now end the filibuster in the Senate, codify Roe v. Wade, and once again make abortion legal and safe."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022
Rep. Welch's Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Sen.Peter Welch
June 17, 2022
Letter to Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security - Reps. Crow & Speier Press to Expand Abortion Access & Support for US Servicemembers
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 7, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Warren Lead Over 20 Senators Urging President Biden to Issue Executive Order to Defend Americans' Right to an Abortion
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022
Letter to Auren Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of Safegraph, Inc. - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022
Letter to Noam Ben-Zvi, Chief Executive Officer of Placer.ai - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 11, 2022
Tweet - "It is no great secret that women throughout the history of our country have had to fight for their basic human rights against all forms of patriarchy, so today let us be absolutely clear: When it comes to women's rights, we cannot go backwards. We must go forward."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 10, 2022
Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Abolishing the Filibuster and Protecting Reproductive Freedom
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 9, 2022
Tweet - "If Republicans can end the filibuster to install right wing judges nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote in order to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats can and must end the filibuster to keep abortion legal and safe."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 3, 2022
Rep. Peter Welch's Statement on Draft Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Sen.Peter Welch
May 2, 2022
Tweet - "Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW. And if there aren't 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021
Tweet - "As the Supreme Court today hears a case on Roe v. Wade, let me be very clear. It is a woman who has the right to control her own body, not the government. If men were the ones giving birth, I doubt that this would be in question."
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 18, 2021
Catholic Members of Congress Release Statement of Principles
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 7, 2020
Letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - Reps. Pressley, Escobar, Lee, & Schakowsky lead More Than 150 Colleagues in Rejecting Attacks on Essential Reproductive Healthcare During COVID-19 Pandemic
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
March 18, 2019
Letter to Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray - Senators Warren, Hassan, and Colleagues Request HELP Hearing to Assess the Impacts of Title X Rule
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 27, 2016
Sanders Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 14, 2016
CNN - Full transcript: CNN Democratic Debate
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 7, 2016
Transcript of the Fox News Democratic Presidential Town Hall
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2016
Roe v. Wade
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 22, 2015
Senate Blocks Bill on Abortions
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 3, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Helms Amendment and Women's Health
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Planned Parenthood
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
June 26, 2013
Letter to Wendy Davis, Senator - Anti-Abortion Filibuster
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 1, 2011
Letter to Speaker Boehner
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 13, 2011
Letter to Democratic Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 4, 2011
No Taxpayer Funding on Abortion Act
Sen.Peter Welch
Feb. 17, 2011
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Sen.Peter Welch
Dec. 8, 2009
MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2009
Letter to Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 23, 2008
Letter to Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Re: Abandon Attempt to Undermine Women's Health
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
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