[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 117 (Friday, July 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ABORTION RIGHTS MUST BE CODIFIED

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, 1973 Roe is 
decided. From that day forward, Republicans have been desperate to 
overturn it. Twenty-one days ago, a rightwing majority on the Supreme 
Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
  Make no mistake, these rightwing extremists are not pro-life, but 
pro-controlling the bodies of women, girls, and anyone who can become 
pregnant.
  Abortion is now illegal in 16 States, and anti-abortion legislators 
are following suit, threatening to make abortion inaccessible for 
roughly 33 million women across America. And they are not done. 
Republicans have been clear they will not stop until abortion is banned 
nationwide.
  Later today, the House will pass an updated version of the Women's 
Health Protection Act, which would establish a Federal statutory right 
to abortion. The Senate must follow suit and abolish the filibuster, 
and we must secure pro-choice majorities in the House and Senate. Our 
lives depend upon it.

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