[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 36 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT

  Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President; today, I voted that the Senate should 
proceed to consider H.R. 3755, the Womens Health Protection Act, which 
would codify in Federal law the privacy of women's reproductive 
healthcare established by the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.
  I support the privacy of women's healthcare, codification of Roe v. 
Wade, and proceeding to consideration of this measure. Should the 
Senate proceed, however, nonbinding commentary in the bill's preamble 
as currently drafted wrongly and unfairly impugns the motives and 
integrity of fellow Americans who view this issue differently.
  I represent a State with a broad diversity of views, and I respect 
that diversity. I respect the opinions of my constituents even when I 
do not share them, and I recognize that good people may arrive at 
different opinions in good faith.
  So should the Senate proceed to consider this measure, as I will vote 
that it should, it must remove from the preamble to this bill divisive 
rhetoric that wrongly accuses Georgians who hold a different view than 
mine of having views rooted in misogyny. In a country so politically 
polarized and divided, we must recommit to tolerance and mutual 
respect.

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