[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 207 (Wednesday, December 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

  (Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Madam Speaker, for almost 50 years, the 
law has recognized that the decision of whether to have or not have an 
abortion is protected by the Constitution. Yet, in the last decade, 
State lawmakers have pushed through nearly 500 restrictive laws that 
make abortion difficult and sometimes impossible to access. This fight 
has reached a breaking point.
  The Mississippi law being challenged at the Supreme Court today would 
ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. Anti-
abortion policies are about power and control, control over our bodies 
and control over our families. We won't stand for it. We will defend 
our rights and freedom to access safe and legal abortion.
  Keep your bans off our bodies. Keep out of our doctors' offices and 
family decisions. Keep our constitutional rights in place.

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