[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 11, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E21]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           NO VOTE ON ANTI-CHOICE H.R. 26 AND H. CON. RES. 3

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                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 11, 2023

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, l rise in opposition to H.R. 26 and H. 
Con. Res 3, two pieces of legislation that yet again seek to limit 
access to reproductive health care and insert politics into personal 
reproductive health care decisions.
  H.R. 26 is a deliberately misleading bill that effectively 
politicizes abortion care and criminalizes doctors. This bill is 
offensive to those who face pregnancy complications and opens the door 
to political interference when families are making difficult, 
complicated, and often heartbreaking medical decisions. This 
legislation is based on false claims; it vilifies families and the 
doctors who care for them, and carelessly misleads the public about 
these rare and complicated scenarios. When a family is dealing with the 
unthinkable, an infant that will not survive, they should be able to 
hold and comfort their child and peacefully say goodbye. If this bill 
were to become law, forced medical intervention would cut short 
parents' final moments with their child, and doctors across the country 
would face extreme penalties simply for doing what is best for their 
patients.
  H. Con. Res. 3 is nothing but a political move by the extreme 
Republican House majority that is both disingenuous and puts actual 
health care clinics at risk. Let me be clear: I condemn violence in all 
its forms. However, this resolution only focuses on protecting ``pro-
life pregnancy centers'' and ``faith-based women's health clinics''--
not medical facilities. Here's a fact: attacks on abortion providers 
and clinics are on the rise, increasing 128 percent in just one year. 
The resolution before us falls short of fully condemning political 
violence, and I encourage my colleagues to stand together and condemn 
all violence, so that everyone can have the freedom to access 
reproductive health care without fear.

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