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
They will not stop unless we make them by reestablishing the Roe precedent and codifying it in federal law. Democrats will never yield in that mission to ensure women can exercise their constitutional right to make their own health decisions.
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.
The official bill page shows H.R. 12 was introduced in the House on 2025-06-24, referred to the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Judiciary Committee, and its latest action leaves it in "Introduced" status.
The cosponsors page lists Rep. Steny H. Hoyer as a cosponsor added on 2025-08-26. The same page continues to show the bill as introduced and still accumulating later cosponsors, with no law enacted or floor passage shown.
Hoyer's campaign health-care page says he brought legislation to the House floor to enshrine Roe v. Wade into law and says he will not stop until women everywhere can have safe and equitable access to care and autonomy in reproductive decisions.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 12 was introduced by Rep. Judy Chu on 2025-06-24, referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Judiciary Committees, and its tracker status remains Introduced rather than passed by the House, passed by the Senate, sent to the President, or enacted.
Congress.gov's cosponsors page lists Rep. Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland's 5th District as a cosponsor of H.R. 12, added on 2025-08-26, while the bill page still shows the bill in Introduced status.
The introduced text of H.R. 12 states that it would protect a person's ability to continue or end a pregnancy and a provider's ability to provide abortion services. Its purposes include promoting access to abortion services and protecting decisions about bodies, medical care, family, and life course.
Congress.gov shows the 118th Congress H.R. 12 was introduced on 2023-03-30, referred to House Energy and Commerce and Judiciary, later referred to the Subcommittee on Health on 2023-04-07, and remained in Introduced status.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland's 5th District as an original cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 on 2023-03-30.
In a 2024 official statement, Hoyer said Democrats would continue the mission of reestablishing the Roe precedent and codifying it in federal law so women can make their own health decisions.
The House Clerk roll call for H.R. 8296, the Women’s Health Protection Act, shows the bill passed the House 219-210 on 2022-07-15 and lists Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, voting Yea.
The Senate roll call on S. 4132, a bill to protect the ability to continue or end a pregnancy and protect providers' ability to provide abortion services, shows cloture on the motion to proceed was rejected on 2022-05-11, with 49 yeas and 51 nays.
Assessments
Hoyer continued to pursue the promised federal reproductive-health access objective by voting for House abortion-rights legislation in 2022, cosponsoring the Women’s Health Protection Act in 2023, publicly reaffirming codification of Roe in 2024, and cosponsoring the 2025 version of H.R. 12. However, the relevant federal legislation did not become law and nationwide safe and equitable access to reproductive health care was not delivered. This warrants credit for serious effort, but not fulfillment.
Hoyer clearly continued to work on the promise by backing federal abortion-rights legislation and publicly advocating codifying Roe-era protections. The evidence shows he cosponsored Women’s Health Protection Act legislation in the 118th and 119th Congresses, and his campaign also highlighted that he helped bring abortion-rights legislation to the House floor. But the promised outcome was not delivered: the cited H.R. 12 bills remained introduced or in committee and did not become law, so women did not obtain the promised universal safe and equitable reproductive-health access through his federal action. Because this was an ongoing commitment to keep fighting rather than a narrow procedural promise, his concrete legislative support counts as serious effort, but not fulfillment.
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.