[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 42 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ANOTHER ASSAULT ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN

  (Ms. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the 
Alabama Supreme Court's decision declaring that frozen embryos created 
through IVF are people, upsetting family planning and medical science.
  This ruling is just the latest in a long line of assaults on the 
rights of women since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Within days of the 
decision, women struggling to get pregnant were faced with the 
devastating reality that their appointments had been canceled and that 
their hopes of starting a family were put on pause.
  Mr. Speaker, we cannot accept this latest attempt to control women 
and our bodies. There are 184 House Republicans who have cosponsored 
bills that would classify embryos as children under Federal law--
despite their empty and meaningless promises to support IVF.
  Now is the time for action.

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