The first child born via in vitro fertilization. A doctor who came forward to say she provided an abortion to a 10-year-old girl who had been raped and denied care in Ohio. Two women who...
The Hill: Democratic State of the Union guests show focus on abortion, IVF
Democrats want to remind voters of their efforts to protect access to abortion and most recently have seized on the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are children.They are...
Central Jersey: ‘Access for us would be number one’
Democratic House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, U.S. representative from Massachusetts, and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12) met with YMCA providers, the New Jersey Department of Human Services...
New Jersey Globe: D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week
Congress's biggest mission this week, as it has been several times over the last few months, was to keep the lights on, and it did. Phew.In addition to passing a stopgap funding bill, New Jersey's...
Newsweek: GOP Extremism Has Made Gun Violence a Part of Americans’ Daily Lives | Opinion
Last month, I toured Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. I joined Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and three dads who had each lost a child to the mass shooting on Feb. 14, 2018.It...
Florida Politics: Maxwell Frost, Jared Moskowitz on Parkland anniversary push credit card companies to flag unusual gun sales
On the sixth anniversary of the Parkland shooting, Florida Democrats in Congress are asking credit companies to flag suspicious gun purchases.U.S. Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Maxwell...
The Hill: Florida Democrats introduce bill to track suspicious gun sales on anniversary of Parkland shooting
Two Florida Democrats introduced legislation to track suspicious gun and ammunition purchases on Wednesday, the sixth anniversary of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., that left...
The Palm Beach Post: Six years after Parkland: The complicated legacy of a shocking, saddening school shooting
The nation's top education official last month toured the abandoned school building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to survey lessons and assess the complicated legacy of...
The Palm Beach Post: U.S. education secretary, top House Democrat tour Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting site
The nation's top education official and one of the highest-ranking members of Congress this week visited the scene of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...
HHS: ICYMI: During Three-Day Reproductive Health Series, Secretary Becerra Talks with Patients, Providers, and Policymakers about the Impact of the Supreme Court’s Dobb’s Decision on Access to Care
Last week, ahead of the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra embarked on a three-day, three-state Reproductive Health Care Series where he...
MSNBC: The end of Roe v. Wade was a catastrophe. It could still get much worse. | Opinion by Democratic Whip Katherine Clark
Today is the 51st anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. Until last year's anniversary, we could commemorate how far we have come in the fight for equality. But now, we are reminded of...
MassLive: Mass. Gov. Healey to seek $113M on new early childhood spending in 2025 budget plan
Gov. Maura Healey will press for major investments into the long-strained early education and care sector despite her administration's muted forecast for state finances, pitching the spending as an...
MetroWest Daily: ‘Hope for the path ahead’ as life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated at event
For Lincoln Dunn, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the first Black superhero.Dunn, the young adult presenter at the Greater Framingham Community Church's 37th annual Dr. Martin Luther King...
The Hill: Becerra to launch reproductive health care series ahead of Roe anniversary
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra will be joining with Democratic lawmakers to launch a reproductive health care series this week to highlight efforts by the...
Washington Examiner: House Democratic leaders lay down gauntlet to GOP over shutdown fears: ‘Do your job’
House Democratic leaders are calling on House Republicans to "do your job" and pass a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown next week, as conservatives continue to...
Blue Sky News: Congressional Leader Visits PIT Childcare Center
Since opening in early September, the La Petite Academy childcare center at Pittsburgh International Airport has received international media coverage and garnered praise from First Lady Dr. Jill...
Common Dreams: After Court Fight, Kate Cox Flees Texas for Abortion
After the Texas Supreme Court blocked a judge's order enabling Kate Cox to terminate a pregnancy due to the fetus having a fatal condition, the 31-year-old Dallas resident has...
WCVB: OTR: Rep. Clark discusses controversy surrounding Harvard, MIT presidents
The Massachusetts congresswoman and House minority whip also talks about the federal government's role in the state's emergency shelter crisis amid an influx of migrants.--Original story HERE.
WCVB: OTR: Rep. Clark on House Dems’ strategy amid looming funding deadline
The Massachusetts congresswoman and House minority whip also discusses former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to leave Congress.--Original story HERE.
New Boston Post: Democrat Katherine Clark Praises Republican U.S. Supreme Court Appointee Sandra Day O’Connor
U.S. Representative Katherine Clark (D-Revere) praised former U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor as "a true public servant and a trailblazing jurist" after O'Connor's death late last...