He will not stop until women everywhere - regardless of their zip code - can have safe and equitable access to the care they deserve and the autonomy to decide what is right for them.
Will continue working until women everywhere can have safe and equitable access to reproductive health care and the autonomy to decide what is right for them.
Occurrences
Evidence
The campaign health-care page says Hoyer "will not stop until women everywhere" can have "safe and equitable access" to care and autonomy in reproductive decisions. It also says he brought legislation to the House floor for a vote to enshrine Roe v. Wade into law.
Congress.gov lists Hoyer as a cosponsor of H.R.12, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023, on 2023-03-30. The bill was only referred to the Subcommittee on Health and remained in introduced status.
Congress.gov shows H.R.12 was introduced on 2025-06-24 and Hoyer was added as a cosponsor on 2025-08-26. The bill's status remained introduced and its latest action was referral to committee.
In a 2024 statement, Hoyer said Democrats would not yield and would keep fighting to reestablish Roe and codify it in federal law so women can make their own health decisions.
Assessments
Hoyer continued to support and cosponsor federal legislation to codify abortion rights and protect reproductive health access, including Women’s Health Protection Act versions in the 118th and 119th Congresses, and publicly reaffirmed the goal. However, the promised outcome of safe and equitable reproductive health care access and autonomy was not delivered federally: the bills remained introduced or referred to committee and did not become law. Because he made concrete legislative and public efforts toward the promise but the outcome was not achieved, this is a failed promise with an effort badge.
Hoyer continued to support and publicly advocate for federal reproductive-rights protections, including cosponsoring the Women’s Health Protection Act in both the 118th and 119th Congresses and reaffirming support for codifying Roe. However, the promised outcome was broad access to safe and equitable reproductive health care and autonomy, and the cited legislation remained introduced or in committee rather than becoming law. This shows serious legislative effort but not delivery of the promised policy result.