[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  LEAKED DRAFT OPINION OVERTURNING ROE

  (Ms. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, last week's draft opinion overturning Roe 
v. Wade laid bare what is at stake this year for American families. 
First, most importantly, Roe is still law. This was a draft. Don't 
cancel your appointment.
  Proud science States like Illinois are going to fight this every step 
of the way. But, ultimately, horrifyingly, that may not matter because 
American women are facing a retrogression of fundamental legal rights 
that is unprecedented in modern history because this is not the end. 
This is just the beginning.
  The State-level assault on reproductive freedom has already begun. 
Next, Republicans plan to ban abortions federally. Then they say they 
want to go further: our right to contraception; to marry who you love 
despite their gender or the color of their skin.
  Only two things can stop this: the Women's Health Protection Act and 
a Senate that defends reproductive freedom. We won't stop fighting 
until we have both.

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