Laws & Policy

2016 Congressional Record on Choice2017 Congressional Record on Choice2018 Congressional Record on Choice2019 Congressional Record on Choice2020 Congressional Record on Choice

2016 was another year of exceptional animosity toward women’s rights. Anti-choice lawmakers continued their efforts to undermine reproductive freedom, despite an American majority supportive of legal abortion.
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Rarely since Roe v. Wade has the right to choose been more vulnerable to legislative, judicial, and executive-branch threats than this year.
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In 2018, anti-choice Republicans took full advantage of their second year in control of both chambers of Congress and the White House.
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In 2019, anti-choice Senate Republicans used their majority to stack the judiciary with extreme anti-choice judges and halt the legislative progress of the House's pro-choice majority.
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In the face of Republican control of the White House and Senate, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives highlighted their progressive priorities by passing multiple pieces of legislation that would advance civil rights and gender equity.
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