[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ARIZONA'S ABORTION BAN

  (Mr. STANTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STANTON. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all Arizonans, tonight, I am 
angry.
  Today, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law, passed before 
Arizona was a State, before women could even vote, that bans abortion 
at every stage of pregnancy without exceptions for rape or incest. It 
puts women's lives at risk.
  Recently, a constituent of mine shared a story of her close friend. 
She went into preterm labor at just 20 weeks, and her doctors had 
devastating news. Her baby wasn't viable. However, under Arizona's 
draconian abortion laws, she was told she would have to wait until her 
baby's heart stopped or she became seriously infected before her 
medical team would be allowed to intervene. She was in pain and scared, 
scared she could suffer future infertility or even die.
  This is the devastating reality of a post-Roe America, politicians 
deciding who can receive healthcare and when, not families and their 
doctors. Additionally, extremists in this Congress continue to block a 
vote on the Women's Health Protection Act, which would restore the 
Federal right to an abortion.
  It is unforgivable, and Arizonans will remember in November.

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