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




              DOBBS V. JACKSON WOMEN'S HEALTH ORGANIZATION

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I just left the 
Supreme Court where people were chanting: liberate abortion everywhere.
  Earlier today and right now the Supreme Court is hearing a case 
challenging Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban. During oral arguments, 
the State of Mississippi repeatedly asked the Court to overturn its own 
long-held precedent for 58 years in Roe v. Wade.
  Should that happen, more than 36 million people in 26 States would 
immediately be deprived of the right to abortion overnight. These 
restrictions mostly harm people of color, young people, and people of 
low-income.
  Earlier this year, in anticipation of this Court case, the House 
passed the Women's Health Protection Act which would establish a 
statutory right to abortion care across our country.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues and the Senate to pass this 
legislation immediately so that all people are free to make their own 
decisions about their bodies. There is no democracy in this country if 
women cannot make decisions about their own healthcare and their 
bodies.

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