[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 37 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H767-H768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE

  (Ms. STANSBURY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues one 
simple question: Do you honestly believe that you have any right to 
tell me or any woman in America what I can do with my own body?
  Do you have any right to tell me when, if, or how, I decide to have a 
family; or the thousands of women across Alabama who had their rights 
stripped away this week to become a mother; the thousands across this 
country who are facing the devastating experience of having a 
miscarriage and not being able to get care; and the millions of women, 
including myself, who

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woke up 2 years ago to the news that the Supreme Court had stripped 
away our rights.
  Yet, you stand here on the House floor denying the rights of women to 
IVF and reproductive care and telling your donors that you will enact a 
100 percent abortion ban this November.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman's time has expired.
  Ms. STANSBURY. It is our body, it is our right, and I will not yield.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman's time has expired.
  The gentlewoman is no longer recognized.
  Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair.

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