[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ROE MUST BE THE LAW OF THE LAND

  (Ms. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, last week I was heartbroken when I 
learned a 10-year-old rape victim from my home State was forced to 
cross State lines for an abortion because of Ohio's 6-week ban, which 
became law when the Supreme Court overturned Roe.
  Grief quickly became anger because I know she will not be the last 
victim of an extreme agenda to criminalize abortion nationwide. The 
overturn of Roe was a direct attack on Americans' reproductive rights, 
and it is clear that too many support criminalizing contraceptive care, 
arresting doctors for offering reproductive care, and even charging 
women with murder because of their fundamental right to decide.
  We must make Roe the law of the land to restore women's fundamental 
rights and protect other victims from harboring the ramifications of 
rape.

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