Ranking Member Schakowsky Condemns Issuance of "Unjustifiable and Abusive" Subpoenas

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the Select Investigative Panel’s issuance of subpoenas:

“Today’s unjustifiable and abusive subpoenas are a new low in the Republicans’ attack on women’s healthcare. These subpoenas show that Republicans are out to create a database of names of patients, doctors, medical students, and researchers involved in either abortion or fetal tissue research, without any legitimate reason for doing so. A database like that – with no rules to protect it from public disclosure – poses a grave risk to individual privacy and safety. The Chair’s actions are dangerous, particularly given the uptick in violence since release of the false and inflammatory videos against Planned Parenthood last July.”