[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 177 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HANDS OFF WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS

  (Ms. MANNING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, the midterm elections delivered a strong 
message to the GOP: Politicians should keep their hands off women's 
reproductive decisions.
  Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont enshrined abortion access 
into their State constitutions, and Kentucky voters rejected a ballot 
measure threatening abortion protections.
  Postelection polls show a majority of voters want to see Congress 
protect abortion rights. But regardless of how unpopular their views, 
Republicans in Congress doubled down on their attacks on women's 
bodies.
  We know it is going to be an uphill battle to codify Roe, and House 
Republicans made it clear they won't stop with banning abortion. Last 
July, 193 House Republicans voted against my bill to protect the right 
to birth control, a measure 95 percent of voters agree with.
  The right to abortion and to birth control are critical issues for 
the American people. So, I ask my colleagues across the aisle: Why 
aren't they critical to you?

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