Protecting Women's Rights

Today, Congressman Joe Morelle slammed House Republicans on their proposals to make drastic cuts to critical women’s services in the fiscal year 2025 appropriations bills—including gross reductions in funding for contraception coverage, reproductive healthcare, and Violence Against Women Act grants that support survivors of domestic abuse. Congressman Morelle is a member of the House Appropriations Committee tasked with crafting these annual funding bills.

(Rochester, N.Y.) — Today, Congressman Joe Morelle announced new action he is taking to protect women’s reproductive health freedom. In the wake of Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling affording frozen embryos the same protections as children, Congressman Morelle is fighting to establish federal protections for in vitro fertilization (IVF) by co-sponsoring the Access to Family Building Act.

(Rochester, NY)—Today, Congressman Joe Morelle joined with representatives from Planned Parenthood of Western New York in issuing a call to action on women’s reproductive healthcare rights. This comes in response to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ attempt to suspend the Federal Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone—a common drug used safely in medical abortions for over 20 years—which would effectively implement a national ban on abortions.

(Washington, D.C.) — Today, Congressman Joe Morelle announced he has taken action to protect and strengthen women's healthcare by co-sponsoring the Women’s Health Protection Act. The bill seeks to put an end to oppressive state laws restricting women's access to reproductive health services by enshrining the protections previously provided by the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision into federal law.

(Rochester, N.Y.) — Today, Congressman Joe Morelle announced he has secured $325,000 in funding for Willow Domestic Violence Center to help break the cycle of abuse and support survivors of domestic violence. This investment will be used to strengthen trauma-informed care resources, provide direct client support, and expand Willow’s triage hotline.

(Washington, D.C.) — Today, Congressman Joe Morelle took action to strengthen women’s healthcare rights and protect families from fertility fraud—providing much-needed justice and closure for many local families involved in fertility scams. Congressman Morelle co-sponsored the bipartisan Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act which would help provide recourse for families impacted by fertility fraud and establish the crime as a federal offense.

(Washington, D.C.) — Today, Congressman Joe Morelle introduced new legislation to protect the right to privacy online. The Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, authored by Congressman Morelle, would make illegal the non-consensual sharing of altered or “deepfake” intimate images online and create additional legal courses of action for those impacted.

(Washington, DC) – Today, Congressman Joe Morelle voted to establish a federally-protected right to reproductive healthcare for all women. In response to alarming action by the Supreme Court and states across America to roll back women’s rights, the legislative package passed by the House of Representatives seeks to empower women and safeguard their ability to make independent, informed healthcare decisions.