[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  STANDING UP FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

  (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, last November the American people 
delivered a clear message: Women want the right to make their own 
reproductive decisions.
  My Republican colleagues must have missed that message because they 
just passed a bill that inserts politics into private family decisions.
  That bill is an attempt to create a false and gruesome narrative to 
interfere with a doctor's care for her patients and to falsely suggest 
that doctors don't already have a legal obligation to provide the best 
possible care for their patients.
  This fearmongering is dangerous. It could leave doctors fearful of 
providing the best care for patients who are facing devastating 
circumstances. It could cause further pain to families facing the 
heartbreak of a fetus with a fatal abnormality.
  The real aim of this bill is to vilify and punish women and their 
doctors.
  I voted ``no'' on H.R. 26. I will continue to stand up for women's 
reproductive rights.

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