[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 156 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H7167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         PLANNED PARENTHOOD, A PREMIER HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, here we go again.
  Today, we saw the Republicans' latest attempt to punish Planned 
Parenthood, one of the Nation's premier healthcare organizations, only 
because it provides an array of services, including legal abortions.
  Mr. Speaker, at some time in her lifetime, one in five American women 
is going to turn to Planned Parenthood. In fact, Planned Parenthood 
provides 400,000 Pap smears, 500,000 breast exams, 4.5 million STD 
tests, and prevents 500,000 unwanted pregnancies each year.
  This Chamber's latest fiasco would leave millions of women with no 
place to go for basic preventative healthcare services.
  Mr. Speaker, I am sad to say that the Republicans are more obsessed 
with the uteruses of American women than of the real issues facing us 
today.

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