Reproductive Rights

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released a statement following the White House’s request for $16 billion in emergency child care funding. This comes after the Congresswoman, Vice Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), joined other DWC members to urge the White House to address the issue. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández released the following statement after House Republicans voted to elect Representative Mike Johnson as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Congresswoman Leger Fernández voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, as she did for the past four rounds of Speakership votes.   Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández, Vice Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), joined other DWC members to urge the White House to address child care funding. Critical federal child care resources expired on September 30th, 2023, and thousands of families are at risk of losing access to childcare.   Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-3) announced her election as a Vice Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) as part of their new leadership and historic membership for the 118th Congress, joining Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22),  and Vice Chair Nikema Williams (GA-5). This Congress, a record-breaking 94 Democratic women are serving in the House of… Read more »

Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández issued this statement after the Supreme Court majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade: “Today, the Supreme Court voted to strip away women’s liberties, end 50 years of abortion rights, and overturn Roe v. Wade. This is a historic and unprecedented dark moment in our history – it marks the first time a Supreme Court took away a… Read more »