[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 23, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    46TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE

  (Ms. LEE of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, yesterday was the 46th 
anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that 
affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion.
  This decision allowed millions of women to come out of the shadows 
and access lifesaving reproductive care, yet antiabortion laws and 
sustained attacks on women's access to the full range of reproductive 
healthcare continues to push abortion coverage out of the reach for too 
many people.
  Since 2011, State lawmakers have passed more than 400 laws that 
restrict abortion, and policies like the Hyde amendment have pushed 
coverage out of reach for millions of women, especially low-income 
women and women of color. That is why I have been proud to be the lead 
cosponsor of the EACH Woman Act, along with Congresswoman Jan 
Schakowsky and Congresswoman Diana DeGette.
  This legislation will end the harmful Hyde amendment and make sure 
that all people, regardless of where they live or how much they make, 
have access to a full range of reproductive healthcare.
  Madam Speaker, I remember the days of back-alley abortions, and we 
cannot allow this administration to turn back the clock on women's 
access to abortion. It is time to be bold and end Hyde and lift all the 
bans that deny a full range of reproductive healthcare to all women.

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