Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program.

Along with John Conyers in April 2006 Slaughter brought an action against President George W. S. I went through this as co-chair of the Arts Caucus.

The district numbered as the 30th District from 1987 to 1993 and the 28th District from 1993 to 2013 is based in Rochester and includes most of surrounding Monroe County Formerly the Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee from 2007 until 2011 Louise Slaughter has served as ranking minority member of the Committee since 2011 a post Louise Slaughter also held from 2005 to 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughter (born August 14 1929) is the United States representative for New York's 25th congressional district serving since 1987.