Family issues/Abortion/Adoption

Issues related to IVF. S. 2035, Protect IVF Act.

Shield laws Chemical abortion drugs H.R.1 - Working Families Tax Cuts Act; H.R.6945, S.4242 - Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act; H.R. 7, S. 186 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025; S. 2955; HR 6466 - Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act; S.3697, H.R.685 - SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2026; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Abortion funding; IVF issues; National Defense Authorization Act; H.R. 679 To nullify the modifications made by the Food and Drug Administration in January 2023 to the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the abortion pill mifepristone, and for other purposes; H.R. 627 Ensuring Accurate & Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act; H.R. 6466 Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act; Presidential Administration Actions; S.3264, H.R.6538 More Affordable Care Act; H.R.6359 Pregnant Students Rights Act; H.R.4876 - Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act H.R.8084 - Access to LARCs Act H.R.8083 -Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act S.4066 - Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act H.R.7235- Protecting Motherhood Act H.R.7983 - Clean Water for All Life Act H.R.8806 - Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026 H.R.9065 - Pregnancy Loss Mental Health Research Act of 2026 H.R.5582, S.2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act H.R.5485 - Second Chance at Life Act H.R.8119- HOPE with Fertility Services Act S.4507, H.R.8784 - Bereaved Parents Rights Act S.4109 - Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2026 S.3799, H.R.3302 - Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2026 H.R.8239 - SACRED Act S.4880, H.R.8603 - Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026 S.4873 - Promoting Human Flourishing in Foreign Assistance Act S.253, H.R.73- Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025 H. Res. 11 - Truth in Womens Healthcare Act H.R. 9421 - Ban Abortion By Mail Act H.R. 729 - Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025 H.R.8495 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027 S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act

Education related to and in support of domestic and international adoption. Issues related to IVF access. S. 3285/H.R. 6170, the ADOPT Act of 2025. Issues related to foster care, adoption, and citizenship.

Right to Contraception Act (S. 422/H.R. 999) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science. (S.J. Res. 732) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science. (H.J. Res. 1285) EACH Act (S. 2377/H.R. 4611) Right to IVF Act (not yet introduced) FACE Act Repeal Act (H.R. 589) Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act (H.R. 8829/S. 4540) To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes. (H.R. 8734) Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2026 (S. 4701) SAFE Training for OBGYNs Act (H.R. 9441) Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act (S. 4879/H.R. 9445) Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2026 (S. 4922) Reproductive Health Care Training Act (S. 4878) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the monitoring and regulation of water systems not be weaponized for the purposes of surveilling, tracking, or detecting use of, stigmatizing, and further restricting access to medication abortion care. (H.Res.1389) SAFER Health Act of 2026 (S. 4920/H.R. 9470)

Right to Contraception Act (S. 422/H.R. 999) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science. (S.J. Res. 732) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science. (H.J. Res. 1285) SAFE Training for OBGYNs Act (H.R. 9441) Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act (S. 4879/H.R. 9445) Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2026 (S. 4922)

Advocated for the overall importance of infant and toddler court teams which are integrated within the child welfare system. Advocated for the federal funding of the infant and toddler court program. Advocated for the protection and expansion of programs that provides funding and support to the child welfare system within states, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)

H.R.2555, Freedom of Association in Higher Education, providing for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R.4964/S.3650, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, prohibiting taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions, provisions related to parental rights. S.1748, Kids Online Safety Act, protecting the safety of children on the internet, provisions related to constitutionally protected free speech, parental rights, personalized recommendation system, age verification/estimation, duty to care, dark patterns prohibition, privacy safeguards, research on minors, authority of state attorneys general, and preemption of state law. H.R.7757, KIDS Act, protecting children and teens online, empowering parents and strengthening families, and for other purposes, provisions related to constitutionally protected free speech, parental rights, personalized recommendation system, shielding minors from obscenity, age verification/estimation, authority of state attorneys general, and preemption of state law. Issues relating to religious education, abortion, parental rights, and gender policies.

Support for reproductive rights in the following legislation and government actions: H.R. 4104 / S. 2149, Health Equity and Access under the Law (HEAL) For Immigrant Families H.R. 4611 / S. 2377, Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act H.R. 12 / S. 2150, Womens Health Protection Act (WHPA) H.R. 2029 / S. 951, Stop Comstock Act H.R. 5202 / S. 1598, BABIES Act H.R. 6394 / S. 1599, Midwives for MOMS Act of 2025 H.R. 8074 / S. 4195, Kira Johnson Act H.R. 8089 / S. 4186, Perinatal Workforce Act H.R. 8582 / S. 4436, Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act H.R. 8807 / S. 4550, Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act H.R. 9470 / S. 4920, SAFER Health Act of 2026 H.R. 4876, Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act H.R. 9441, SAFE Training for OB-GYNs Act H.R. 211, Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act Offered as an amendment to H.R. 8469 - Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. S. 3799, Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2026 S. 4574, MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act H.J.Res. 144 / S.J.Res. 103, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services". Advocating for the use of science and accurate data to support decision-making in government policy with respect to mifepristone Providing feedback about provisions impacting reproductive rights in the following legislation: H.R. 7973, Momnibus Act H.Res. 1277, Resolution on Human Rights H.Res. 1389, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the monitoring and regulation of water systems not be weaponized for the purposes of surveilling, tracking, or detecting use of, stigmatizing, and further restricting access to medication abortion care. Opposing provisions impacting reproductive rights in the following legislation: H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Section 71113 "Federal Payments to Prohibited Entities. Advocacy regarding the impact of Section 71113 and urging Congress not to reinstate or extend the one-year Medicaid funding restriction affecting Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 H.R. 8469, Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. Opposing all provisions in the following legislation or administrative actions: Department of Veteran Affairs, VA 38 CFR Part 17 RIN 2900-AS31 H.R. 589, FACE Act Repeal Act of 2025 S. 4873, Promoting Human Flourishing in Foreign Assistance Act "Anti-Weaponization Fund that could benefit individuals convicted of violating the FACE Act.

- H.R.3481/ S.1714: FAMILY Act - H.R.3409/ S.1664: Healthy Families Act

Issues regarding the foster care system, guardian ad-litem, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), federal government workforce relating to foster youth.