[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 11, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. BALINT. Madam Speaker, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn 
Roe v. Wade was dehumanizing and dangerous. It does not reflect the 
will of the majority of Americans who deeply value control over their 
own bodies.
  As leader of the State senate in Vermont, I worked to make sure that 
my State was the first in the Nation to explicitly protect reproductive 
freedoms in its constitution. It is time to provide these same 
protections for all Americans.
  While Republicans seek to control women's bodies to try to distract 
us from their extreme stances with farcical resolutions, my Democratic 
colleagues and I will not stop until reproductive freedoms are restored 
as the law of the land.
  The American people are overwhelmingly with us. They want their 
rights. They want their freedoms.
  As a woman, as a mother, as a Congresswoman, I will continue to fight 
for a world where abortion care is legal, safe, and accessible for all 
Americans.

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