[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 165 (Thursday, September 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I bet every single person on this floor 
today--every single person--knows someone who has had an abortion or 
exercised their constitutional right to reproductive healthcare.
  But that lawful right is under attack in the State of Texas because 
Republicans in my home State have passed what is probably the most 
dangerous and draconian law that we have seen since Roe v. Wade.
  It literally creates a vigilante bounty system that allows a private 
citizen to sue anyone who knowingly aids or abets a procedure.
  In a State like Texas, where people are always professing about 
freedoms and different things like that, it is amazing to see 
conservative politicians wage this war against women's rights and 
against women's healthcare.
  I think it is deplorable. This law is dangerous, and it is un-Texan.
  Who it is really going to hurt is, disproportionately, low-income 
women, who are going to find it harder to be able to leave the State to 
seek these services.
  The doctor who wrote the op-ed who said that he performed an 
abortion, I think that that doctor is a hero, and we ought to applaud 
him on this House floor today. That is why I am going to vote for the 
Women's Health Protection Act.

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