[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2653-S2654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                Abortion

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, yesterday, former President Trump 
reminded the entire country that, if there is anyone to blame for the 
annihilation of Roe v. Wade and the grotesque reversal of women's 
personal freedoms, it is Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
  On Truth Social, yesterday, the former President said he was 
``proudly the person responsible'' for putting radical jurists on the 
Supreme Court for the explicit purpose of overturning Roe.
  Let me repeat that so all of America knows the real truth.
  Former President Trump said, yesterday, he was ``proudly the person 
responsible'' for putting radical jurists on the Supreme Court for the 
explicit purpose of overturning Roe.
  Does anyone think that, should Trump become President again, he won't 
try again to add even more extreme jurists to the bench so he can 
continue his assault on women's reproductive freedoms?
  To this day, Donald Trump continues to boast of his extreme views on 
the right to choose, and we all remember his support for a national 
abortion ban. No matter how much he might want people to forget, people 
won't.
  The president of the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a major anti-
abortion rights group, reminded everyone, yesterday, that they will 
still support Donald Trump because, when push comes to shove, they 
know, should former President Trump return to office, he will continue 
supporting a Federal abortion ban and continue to erode women's rights. 
After all, this is the Donald Trump who, when he was President in the 
past, said women who seek reproductive care deserve to be punished. 
That is what he said: They deserve to be punished.
  And that is the bottom line. If Republicans get into power, they will 
not hesitate to push for a national abortion ban. Many Republicans in 
both Chambers have been on record supporting a national abortion ban 
for years. A national abortion ban, for instance, was included in the 
Republican Study Committee budget released just 2 weeks

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ago--an organization that counts the majority of House Republicans, 
including their leadership, as members. So Republicans cannot hide from 
this.
  Republicans know that their views are dangerously out of step with 
the public. Here in Congress, Republicans have claimed to support 
access to IVF and paid lip service to supporting women's access to 
reproductive services. But Americans know actions speak louder than 
words. Not 1 month ago, Senate Republicans blocked legislation to 
preserve IVF, and Speaker Johnson has publicly opposed Federal action 
protecting it.
  So Republicans and Donald Trump can try to hide their anti-abortion 
records all they want, but the American people will see right through 
it today, tomorrow, and in November.