Voting rights are in danger and so are the reproductive rights of women. That’s some of what Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D) 7th said on this week’s Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall. She is the Whip of the Pro-Choice Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives. She says the work that needs to be done nationally and in the state of Texas.

“There was a poll that came out last Summer from the University of Texas that said only 15% of Texans support the state of the law right now as it is in Texas, which is a total ban on access to abortion,” she said. “So it’s very important that our voices are heard in Washington about what’s happening here and that we’re working to protect the right to access abortion.”

In a wide-ranging interview she talks about her role on the newly formed Regional Leadership Council to follow up on bills passed in the last congress to make sure they’re implemented, her efforts to push down barriers and against laws that she says limit voting access, and much more.

Watch the interview on Click2Houston's website.