On Wednesday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) hosted a roundtable discussion to highlight the devastating effects Republicans’ reconciliation bill will have on the health and wellbeing of Mainers and people across the country.
During the conversation, which was hosted at PPNNE’s Portland headquarters, PPNNE leadership… Read more »
After Governor Janet Mills signed the historic law that expands abortion access in Maine, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement:
“Last June after a rightwing Supreme Court reversed 50 years of settled law and stripped away reproductive freedom in America, we looked to governors and state legislatures to safeguard our rights. With the signing… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the Texas mifepristone decision, retaining broad access to medication abortion:
“Although I am grateful Mifepristone remains safe, effective, legal, and available, our fight for reproductive freedom continues. Congress must restore the full protections… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 240 Members of Congress are taking action to defend access to medication abortion across the country in the wake of Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling to invalidate the U.S. Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) more than 20-year-old approval of mifepristone. The lawmakers—led by Senators Chuck Schumer, Murray, Durbin,… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) says a Texas judge’s ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration demands Congress act to defend access to medication abortion across the country. Pingree has cosponsored the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act, introduced by Congresswoman Cori… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today and more than 200 of her Democratic colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) to codify the right to an abortion and protect abortion access nationwide. The legislation, which passed the House twice in the 117th Congress but was blocked by Senate Republicans, would… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined more than 90 of her colleagues in the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Chair Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), in pushing the Biden Administration to do more to ensure that insurers follow the law and comply with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraception coverage requirements that guarantee women can get FDA-approved birth control… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined her Pro-Choice Caucus colleagues in introducing a House resolution to combat Republican attacks on women’s reproductive freedoms. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Diana DeGette and Barbara Lee, co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, as well as Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus Abortion Rights &… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and House Democrats today passed legislation to codify the right to contraception, now under threat following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The Right to Contraception Act (H.R. 8373), will ensure that Americans continue to have the legal right—first recognized in the… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is among 83 lawmakers urging President Biden and United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Becerra to issue a Public Health Emergency declaration to ensure continued access to abortion care nationwide.
In the letter, Pingree and 82 other members of Congress wrote: “As we have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a public health… Read more »
