[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E280-E281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES V. RUSSO

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 9, 2020

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, I rise to remind my colleagues of what 
is at stake at the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
  Yesterday, the Court began to hear arguments in a major abortion 
rights case, June Medical Services v. Russo.
  If the Louisiana law in question goes into effect, only one clinic 
remains in the entire state.
  Only one physician would continue to provide abortions to the 10,000 
women in Louisiana who sought them every year.
  That outcome would deny thousands of women in Louisiana their 
constitutional protection, the protected rights to access abortion 
care.
  ln 2016, the Court already decided that an identical case was 
unconstitutional.
  But since President Trump has added two conservative justices to the 
Supreme Court,

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it's more important than ever for us to speak out about what is at 
stake.
  I'm proud to do that today.

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