Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Appointed Vice Chair and Whip of Reproductive Freedom Caucus

Today, the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus announced that Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) will serve as Vice Chair and Whip for the 119th Congress. The Reproductive Freedom Caucus, formerly the Pro-Choice Caucus, is a coalition of members in the U.S. House of Representatives who are working to preserve, protect, and advance policies that ensure reproductive autonomy.

"I am proud to work with my colleagues as Vice Chair and Whip of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, where I will bring the perspective of Texas women, who have been at the forefront of securing our rights and are now living in a state intent on taking them away," said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. "I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Caucus as we work to protect the health, equality, dignity, and freedom of all Americans to make their own reproductive health care decisions."

Congresswoman Fletcher has led several efforts to protect access to abortion. She is the lead House sponsor of the bill to protect the right to travel between states to obtain an abortion, the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, which passed the House in the 117th Congress. She also co-led the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act to establish a grant program.

Congresswoman Fletcher also introduced the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, H.R. 2573, with Congressman Pat Ryan (NY-18) to reaffirm that the abortion pill was appropriately approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

As efforts to undermine reproductive freedom have increased since the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, including the temporary suspension of in vitro fertilization procedures in Alabama, Congresswoman Fletcher has continued advocating for the legalization of abortion in all 50 states.

Each Congress, Congresswoman Fletcher has been an original cosponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act, H.R. 12, which establishes a federal right to abortion for all Americans across the United States.