Protecting Reproductive Rights

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision to overturn a Texas law placing medically unnecessary regulations on abortion. The law would have slashed the number of clinics there, making it much more difficult for women to receive an abortion and other reproductive health services. “The intent of the Texas law was never about making… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree issued the following statement after a Texas grand jury cleared a Planned Parenthood clinic of any wrongdoing and indicted the anti-abortion activists who produced a heavily edited video smearing the organization. The people behind those videos had a very clear agenda: they wanted to shut down Planned Parenthood and deny women the right to make personal,… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree had harsh words for an anti abortion bill up for a vote in the U.S. House today, on the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. "Frankly, this is another example of how Republicans in Congress just don't understand women's lives," Pingree said. "Over and over again they have tried to restrict abortion, drive women's health clinics out of… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision today to strike down a law in Massachusetts that required protesters to stay 35 feet from the entrances of reproductive health clinics. “I’m extremely disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down reasonable steps to protect patient safety at abortion clinics. Protesters have… Read more »