[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 109 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H3075-H3076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE

  (Mr. AUCHINCLOSS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago, the Supreme Court rolled 
back a fundamental individual freedom in overturning Roe v. Wade. Now, 
abortion care is inaccessible in 14 States and heavily restricted in 
many others, with one in three women now living in States without 
access to abortion. That is unacceptable.
  In restricting access, States are forcing women to seek dangerous 
alternatives, undermining women's health and safety. Women should have 
the freedom to make their own decisions about their health, not State 
legislatures or the Federal Government.
  At this critical moment, my Democratic colleagues and I are taking 
action, despite the objections of Speaker McCarthy and the extremists 
in his

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party, to force a floor vote on the Women's Health Protection Act, 
which would make Roe the law of the land.
  I am thankful for the work of the Healey administration in my home 
State to protect Massachusetts residents' healthcare, but I will not 
stop fighting until women across the country have the same protections 
to access safe and effective reproductive healthcare.

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