Nikema Williams
U.S. Representative for Georgia
Nikema Natassha Williams was born in July 1978 in Columbus, Georgia. She earned an undergraduate degree from Talladega College.
She served as a vice president of Planned Parenthood Southeast, was elected vice chair of the Georgia Democratic Party, and became state director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She supported the presidential campaigns of President Barack Obama.
Williams was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2017. She won her U.S. House of Representatives seat in 2020.
Williams’ husband, Leslie Small, was an aide to the late John Lewis, whom she succeeded in Congress. The couple has a son. She is a Methodist.
In the News…
Representative Nikema Williams sponsored a congressional resolution declaring an international right to abortion. The congresswoman cited U.S. treaty obligations and World Health Organization Guidance as the basis for the claim.
Representative Williams stated, “Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), including the United States, are obliged to protect reproductive freedom.”
The resolution calls for the decriminalization of abortion due to non-binding recommendations made by United Nations human rights organizations to the U.S. government.
While the congresswoman indicated that the resolution was inspired by the deaths of two women from her state after complications from taking abortion pills, some physicians have suggested that it was the lack of medical supervision over the use of the abortion pills that resulted in their deaths.
Over 100 colleagues of Congresswoman Williams have signed onto the resolution.
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Representative Williams today? You can let her know at:
The Honorable Nikema Williams
Representative for Georgia
1406 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
