[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       RAMIFICATIONS OF THE COURT DECISION ON MEDICATION ABORTION

  (Mr. PETERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, the recent court decision on medication 
abortion is the clearest example yet of the horrific consequences of 
the Republicans' anti-abortion crusade. While many said a national ban 
was not the goal and that this would be a States' issue, abortion care 
could be restricted even in pro-choice States.
  Mr. Speaker, that begs the question: What is next? Birth control? 
Plan B? Will anti-vaxxers ask the courts to take down lifesaving 
vaccines? Will extremists litigate any drug that utilized stem cell 
research?
  San Diego is home to some of the most innovative biomedical companies 
in the world, and so many of these companies have come out to oppose 
this decision, to say that the ruling threatens their ability to create 
the cures of tomorrow.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are uncharacteristically 
quiet about this. They let this genie out of the bottle. They need to 
find the political courage to put it back in.

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