[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 82 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              DON'T MESS WITH WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise in outrage due to recent 
attacks on women's reproductive rights and now, as we have seen, maybe 
plans to attack other fundamental rights.
  Republicans are using this leaked opinion as fuel to take their 
extreme policies even further. I say to my fellow colleagues, if 
Republicans overturn Roe, they will take aim at other privacy rights, 
such as same-sex marriage and access to contraception.
  Indeed, in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott now wants to overturn a 
Supreme Court decision that ensures public education for immigrant 
children.
  In West Virginia, a white nationalist wants to take aim at Brown v. 
Board of Education, which outlawed racial segregation in public 
schools.
  I ask you, what comes next?
  Madam Speaker, we are fighting to protect a woman's freedom to make 
her own healthcare decisions. But we will also be fighting the fight of 
all fights to protect all our freedoms.
  Don't mess with women's reproductive rights.

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