[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 10 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               EXTREME REPUBLICANS' NATIONAL ABORTION BAN

  (Ms. SCHRIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHRIER. Mr. Speaker, once again, extreme Republicans are 
doubling down on their out-of-touch attacks on women as they renew 
their march toward a national abortion ban.
  Today, they brought to the floor bills called the Pregnant Students' 
Rights Act and the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families 
Act. They are two bills with great names and terrible policies.
  The first stigmatizes students who seek abortion care. The second 
pulls money away from needy families in order to fund crisis pregnancy 
centers. These are sham centers that masquerade as clinics offering 
free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, but they aren't. They often don't 
even have a healthcare provider and are designed specifically to 
dissuade women from considering abortion.
  As a physician who has had these nonjudgmental conversations with my 
own patients, I am disgusted by this manipulation of women who think 
they are receiving legitimate medical care but are really just getting 
propaganda.
  Make no mistake, Mr. Speaker. This is the march toward a national 
abortion ban. Vote ``no.''

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