[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 105 (Thursday, June 15, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2946]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PROTECTING ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL

  (Ms. MANNING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MANNING. Mr. Speaker, last year in his concurring opinion in the 
Dobbs case, Justice Clarence Thomas called for the right to 
contraception to be reconsidered, encouraging extreme Republican State 
lawmakers who have been attempting to restrict birth control for years.
  Ninety percent of Americans believe there should be access to all 
FDA-approved birth control, yet we continue to see States, including my 
home State of North Carolina, attempt to restrict birth control. I will 
not stand idly by and watch extreme politicians interfere with 
Americans' private healthcare choices.
  Birth control is essential healthcare. Access to birth control is key 
to women's equality, bolstering education and economic opportunity, and 
ensuring that people are in control of their futures.
  That is why I am reintroducing my bill, the Right to Contraception 
Act, to create a Federal right to access FDA-approved birth control. My 
bill passed the House last Congress with bipartisan support. There is 
no reason why that can't happen again.
  I call upon my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in 
protecting access to birth control.

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