Reproductive Rights
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), along with 53 of their colleagues, sent a letter to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), urging it to use existing authority to require that insurance companies provide coverage for a 12-month supply of a woman’s birth control prescription at one time, without cost-sharing.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici, Gwen Moore, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell asking for clarification regarding insurance coverage of breastfeeding services.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) released the following statement following the passage of H.R. 7 the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015.”
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici released the following statement regarding the House of Representatives legislation in response to the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling.
“As a member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, I am proud to co-sponsor this legislation to prohibit privately-held corporations from discriminating against women by denying them basic health care coverage. Thousands of women rely on family planning services like birth control. Much like a mammogram, birth control is preventive health care and should be available to all women.”
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling granting Hobby Lobby’s request for an exemption to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that insurance plans cover contraception.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today voted against H.R.1797, legislation that would jail doctors who perform medically necessary, constitutionally protected abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today voted to pass the Ruth Moore Act (H.R. 671), legislation she co-sponsored to ease the burden of proof required to prove Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) related to a military sexual assault. Veterans who are partially or fully disabled from an injury suffered while serving in the military are entitled to disability benefits, but approximately two-thirds of sexual assault related claims are rejected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today announced her support for the Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013, new bipartisan legislation that would reform the military justice system. The Act would remove from the chain of command the prosecution of crimes punishable by a sentence of more than one year, except crimes that are uniquely military in nature, like disobeying orders or going Absent Without Leave. This reform would prevent injustices related to military sexual assault and other forms of misconduct.