[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 207 (Wednesday, December 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H6723-H6724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE HANGS IN THE BALANCE

  (Mr. PAPPAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PAPPAS. Madam Speaker, this morning oral arguments began at the 
Supreme Court for a case that many expect could overturn Roe v. Wade.
  Despite nearly 50 years of Court precedent and overwhelming public 
support for abortion rights, Roe and

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access to reproductive healthcare hangs in the balance.
  This issue is deeply personal to the women I represent in New 
Hampshire, and the last thing they want to see is a politician or a 
judge taking away their bodily autonomy. We are better off as a country 
with Roe as the law of the land. It supports the health and economic 
well-being of women and families. Still, we know that legislatures and 
Governors from Mississippi to Texas to New Hampshire are enacting 
extreme laws that punish doctors and take away women's rights. This 
must be stopped.
  That is why, regardless of what happens in this case, it is essential 
that the Senate joins the House in passing the Women's Health 
Protection Act. My constituents and the American people want abortion 
to be safe, legal, and accessible. This legislation will uphold that 
concept for the country even if the Court abandons it.

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