[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]




                          REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

  (Mr. McGARVEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGARVEY. Madam Speaker, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe 
last summer, they took away hard-fought rights from millions of women 
across our country.
  Now women in Kentucky no longer have access to safe and legal 
abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.
  The country responded at the ballot box, and my district 
overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment to further restrict 
reproductive rights in Kentucky.
  So how do we respond here?
  Last night the House Republicans' first order of business was to make 
it even harder for women to receive abortions and for healthcare 
professionals to provide them. These decisions are best left between a 
woman and her doctor. But House Republicans have sent a clear message 
that more legislative attacks against women's rights are on the 
horizon.
  I proudly voted against yesterday's attack on women and their 
doctors, and I will continue fighting for reproductive rights.

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