Press Releases and Statements

Democrats Urge Governor to Preserve Program to Help Pregnant Homeless Women

18 May 2023. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

Fairfax, Virginia, May 9, 2023 - Governor Katie Hobbs indicated that she will line-item veto two measures supporting pregnant and parenting families. Democrats For Life urges the governor to fully fund and protect these valuable programs. The Family Health Pilot Program and the Homeless Pregnant Women Services program provide invaluable assistance to Arizona families. “Pregnant women face many challenges only exacerbated when faced with homelessness and financial insecurity,” said Kristen Day, Executive Director of Democrats For Life. “The programs the Governor has threatened to line-item veto provides essential resources and support.” The new budget commendably funds health care and includes...

Democrats For Life Supports Haley’s Call for a National Consensus on Abortion

09 May 2023. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

Statement by Kristen Day Executive Director, Democrats for Life of America Presidential candidate Nikki Haley last week called for a national consensus on the issue of abortion. We support that call to action and urge our elected representatives from both parties to make 2024 about women, their families, and their children…not abortion. Abortion politics has infected our nation long enough. The current climate is causing more harm than good. Abortion advocates have pushed to eliminate health and safety regulations governing abortion and endorsed federal legislation that would make abortion less safe for women. States have passed laws...

Colorado Democrats Reveal a Pro-Abortion Agenda

08 May 2023. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

Forced to Backtrack on Law that Takes Away Choice from Women Fairfax, Virginia, May 4, 2023 - Colorado Democrats were forced to pause and not enforce a law preventing a woman from accessing medication that could prevent abortion if she changed her mind after taking an abortion drug. “The essence of choice is to be able to make a decision. The law takes that choice away and violates the Colorado law supporting a fundamental right to continue a pregnancy,” said Kristen Day, Executive Director of Democrats For Life. “Colorado Democrats clearly did not think through the implications of the law and the fact that it is an anti-choice law.” The law prohibits doctors...