[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE SO-CALLED NO TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABORTION ACT

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Madam Speaker, H.R. 7, the so-called No Taxpayer Funding for 
Abortion Act, is as deceitful as it is dangerous. We already ensure 
that tax dollars don't fund abortions and have ever since the Hyde 
Amendment was introduced in 1976.
  This new effort is an attempt to create restrictions far beyond the 
scope of current law, interfering with how women use their own private 
dollars, on their own private insurance, for health coverage.
  This is just the latest Republican assault in their ongoing war on 
women. It is why I felt it was so important to introduce the Women's 
Health Protection Act. My bill would put a stop to the unprecedented 
attack on abortion we have seen at the State level over the last few 
years. It would ensure that every woman has access to the medical care 
she is entitled to.
  Decisions about pregnancies are deeply personal and difficult, and 
they belong to the woman and the doctor she trusts, period.

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