Davids Votes Against Partisan Bills That Mislead Pregnant Families, Undermine Reproductive Health Care

This week, as we marked the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Representative Sharice Davids voted against two partisan bills presented as measures to support parents but instead would misdirect federal resources, stigmatize reproductive health care, and make it harder for Kansans to receive the reproductive health care they need to stay safe.

“Let’s be honest — these partisan bills don’t help expecting parents or families at all. They’re designed to mislead, shame, and make it harder for Kansans to get the health care they need,” said Davids. “Kansans have been crystal clear that they don’t want politicians inserting themselves into deeply personal medical decisions. I’m going to keep fighting back against these extreme attacks and pushing for real solutions that protect health care, respect people’s freedoms, and help families live safe, healthy lives.”

The first bill would allow states to divert funding, intended for poor children, to anti-abortion propaganda and facilities that provide deceptive and inaccurate information with very little oversight, all while putting women’s health in danger. The second would keep pregnant students who are weighing life-altering medical decisions from learning the truth about all the reproductive health care options available to them.

WATCH: Davids joined Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes for an Instagram Live yesterday

Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, extreme Republicans have made it clear that their attacks on reproductive health care will continue. Just last year, President Trump revoked federal guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions when needed to save women’s lives. U.S. Speaker Mike Johnson supports a national abortion ban and banning IVF. And in Kansas, GOP politicians have introduced bills that could criminalize doctors, restrict birth control access, and attack the right to travel for care. These dangerous efforts demand a strong federal response.

Davids joined her Democratic colleagues to introduce the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would restore the nationwide right to access abortion care by creating a federal guarantee for providers to deliver, and patients to receive, reproductive health services — free from medically unnecessary state-level bans and restrictions. In the wake of the Dobbs decision, nearly half of women of reproductive age now live under abortion bans, with some forced to travel hundreds of miles for care.

This effort is part of Davids’ ongoing work to protect reproductive health care access and push back against dangerous efforts to criminalize patients and providers. She has also:

• Voted against President Trump’s extreme budget, which included severe Medicaid cuts and a provision prohibiting Medicaid payments to providers offering abortion services, disproportionately impacting Planned Parenthood.
  • Davids introduced the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act, which would repeal this harmful provision.
• Introduced the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, which would ensure no one can be punished for traveling to access lawful reproductive care and hold accountable any person who tries to block this constitutional right.
• Voted against extreme legislation that would criminalize reproductive health providers and restrict access to lifesaving abortion care.
• Introduced the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act, which would safeguard and increase federal support for the Title X program — the nation’s only dedicated source of funding for family planning and preventive health services.
• Urged U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to immediately restore Title X funding to ensure access to essential care remains available across Kansas and the country.
• Supported the EACH Act, which seeks to repeal the Hyde Amendment.