[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 66 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1889-H1890]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              MIFEPRISTONE

  (Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor exhausted 
and fearful--fearful for women who watch every month as their rights 
are stripped away, fearful for my daughters-in-law, my granddaughters 
and yours as we deal with the fallout of the Supreme Court's Dobbs 
decision, removing decades of freedom, privacy, and dignity.
  After the Dobbs decision, we warned that other freedoms would follow. 
Now, a Texas Federal judge is openly undermining the FDA; a Federal 
judge, not a doctor. Control and cruelty is the point, and they are 
only getting started. Today, it is an abortion drug. Tomorrow, it is 
IUDs or hormonal implants, then birth control medications. All of these 
things, which are used to prevent pregnancy or end one, are lifesaving 
medical tools that can treat a

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variety of painful, devastating conditions, including miscarriages.
  Judges have no right to overrule the personal and professional 
choices of women and their doctors. Politicians have no right to take 
options and freedoms away.
  I trust FDA's 23-year approval. Mostly, Mr. Speaker, I trust medical 
professionals, and I trust women.

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