[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Quigley) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because women's reproductive 
rights are under attack.
  Four months ago we passed a health care bill to ensure that every 
man, woman and child in this country has access to the medical care 
they need. But yesterday, a rule was announced that restricts choice 
coverage in the new high-risk insurance pools--even if the woman pays 
for that coverage with her own money.
  This rule means women with preexisting conditions such as cancer, 
AIDS, diabetes, who have been denied coverage and are counting on the 
high-risk pools, won't be able to get reproductive health coverage; not 
even if they pay for it with their own money.
  This incomplete and conditional care is not what our mothers, 
daughters, sisters and wives need. This is not the status quo.
  We must remember the health care bill we passed, protect a woman's 
right to choose, and stop this harmful provision before it takes 
effect.

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