Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) led 70 of their colleagues in a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan urging the FTC to protect the data privacy of people seeking reproductive health care, including abortion care, by implementing safeguards to stop data brokers from collecting and selling data on an individual’s… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States released its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade: “Today’s Supreme Court decision is an affront to the liberty, autonomy, privacy, and dignity of all Americans, and of American women in particular,”… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) led a letter, which 98 of their colleagues joined, to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to urge the immediate enforcement of Medicaid’s free choice of provider requirement, after states like Texas and Missouri excluded qualified providers from their Medicaid programs in violation of… Read more »

As nearly 200 people marched for abortion rights in downtown Houston on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston)—who is part of the House Pro Choice Caucus—urged senators to pass a bill codifying the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that secured abortion rights.  "What the Senate needs to see is that they're representatives of the people, and the majority of people… Read more »

Earlier this week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) led a Special Order Hour celebrating women of the reproductive rights movement where she highlighted Sarah Weddington, the trailblazing Texas lawyer who challenged Texas’ abortion law in the case of Roe v. Wade.   Congresswoman Fletcher was joined by Reps. Haley Stevens (MI-11), Annie Kuster (NH-02), Kathy Manning… Read more »

On Monday, a group of Democratic members of Congress from Texas issued a letter urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enforce Medicaid’s free choice of provider requirement and require the State of Texas to reinstate Planned Parenthood as a qualified Medicaid provider. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher led her colleagues in issuing the letter, which was signed by Reps. Lloyd… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher led members in the Texas Delegation in a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to urge the enforcement of Medicaid’s free choice of provider requirement and to require the State of Texas to reinstate Planned Parenthood as a qualified Medicaid provider.  “The White House has made clear it… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) introduced the Stopping Abortion Bounties Act, a response to Texas Senate Bill 8, the Texas Heartbeat Act, that creates a private right of action allowing ‘‘any person’’ (other than a state or local government actor) to sue abortion providers and anyone who helps or intends to help a person… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), together with Representatives Judy Chu (CA-27), Diana DeGette (CO-01), and Barbara Lee (CA-13), led a coalition of 135 Members of Congress in submitting public comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for its proposed regulations to repair and rebuild the Title X family planning program.  In their public comments, the… Read more »

**Watch Fletcher Speak on Critical Need for VAWA Reauthorization HERE** Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted in support of H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021.  The legislation reauthorizes the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which protects people from violence and abuse and helps ensure survivors of… Read more »