[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 129 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1642-E1643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

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                               speech of

                           HON. CORRINE BROWN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 2, 1995

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2127) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes:

  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I stand in strong support of Ms. 
Lowey's amendment. Medicaid funds must pay for abortion in the case of 
rape or incest. Surely, our society is not so mean and brutal that it 
would force poor women to give birth against their will--especially in 
the case of rape or incest. Abortion is not a crime in this country. 
The law is clear on this matter. But you would not know this by the 
extremist, radical, right-wing proposals being attached to 
appropriations bills. Unfortunately, the radical religious right has 
driven terror in the hearts of this country over the issue of abortion.

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  Poor women, like all women, have a right to decide whether or not to 
terminate a pregnancy--certainly in the case of rape or inces.
  Let's not turn the clock backward. Support the Lowey amendment.
  

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