[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REINSTATE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, the people of Texas have been on an 
emotional roller coaster, and they have been on an emotional roller 
coaster with our fellow Texan Kate Cox, her husband, and her family.
  This young woman wanted nothing more than to have a healthy baby and 
to expand their family. It was that love and deep desire that caused 
her to go public on an absolutely abusive law that tells her what kind 
of medical care she can get.
  In addition, it should be made clear that a judge did give her 
permission to make the decision with her doctor, her faith, and her 
family. However, political intervention to the State supreme court 
caused them to stop her in her tracks. This young woman had to leave 
Texas.
  Madam Speaker, that is why I am back here, to reintroduce, if you 
will, my legislation, that creates a criminal offense for anyone to 
stalk someone who is attempting to get good healthcare in the State of 
Texas.
  That is all Kate Cox wanted.
  I will be standing by her and her family, as many Texans will. We 
must stop this now, and we must reinstate reproductive freedom in this 
Nation.

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