[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 82 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE IS PERSONAL, PRIVATE, AND SERIOUS

  (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of every girl and woman 
whose rights, lives, and futures are on the line if Roe v. Wade is 
struck down.
  For the first time in our Nation's history, the Supreme Court is 
poised to take a constitutional right away from the American people, 
creating a time when America's daughters will not have the rights their 
mothers had. The Court's intent to turn back the hands of time by a 
half century, without the consent of the governed, is devastating.
  If Roe falls, there will be a patchwork of States with differing laws 
and restrictions, causing societal chaos. Twenty-six States are likely 
to ban abortion, few with exceptions for rape and incest, subjecting 
more than 36 million women and girls to the black markets of back-alley 
abortions.
  House Democrats will gather on the steps of the Capitol today, across 
the street from the Supreme Court, to stand with the millions of women 
whose basic reproductive rights are being stripped away by this ruling.
  The Supreme Court is now surrounded by protective fencing. I think 
the Justices are fenced off from reality.
  This is private, personal, and serious, and women should be able to 
make their own decisions.

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