[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                KEEPING ROE V. WADE THE LAW OF THE LAND

  (Ms. PINGREE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Speaker, on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court 
ruled, 7-2, that women have the right to make their own healthcare 
decisions and to legally access abortion care. Forty-seven years later, 
our country has seen significant social and economic progress since Roe 
v. Wade.
  Seventy-three percent of Americans support keeping Roe v. Wade the 
law of the land. They agree we can't go back. And yet, nearly 50 years 
after Roe became settled law, abortion is still under attack by extreme 
politicians who believe the government should dictate whether and when 
to have a child.
  From 2011 to 2018, States across our country enacted 424 separate 
restrictions on abortion. In 2016, Donald Trump campaigned on a promise 
of appointing Justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade, and he has 
appointed more than one-quarter of all active judges to date.
  His administration has pushed a domestic gag rule to prohibit doctors 
from telling women about their legal right to access abortion and 
slashed access to family planning funding in the process.
  As we honor the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must expand abortion 
access for women across the country and stand up to the senseless 
attacks on women's health.

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