[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2677-S2678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                Abortion

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, former President Trump reminded us just a 
few days ago that he--he--is to blame for the grotesque reversal of 
women's personal freedom. He said it himself. He said he is ``proudly 
the person responsible'' for the annihilation of Roe v. Wade.
  Let me repeat those words because the American people need to hear it 
over and over again. Donald Trump said he is ``proudly the person 
responsible'' for ending Roe.
  Yesterday, we saw another consequence of a post-Roe America. The 
Arizona Supreme Court upheld a Civil War-era law banning abortion 
almost entirely, without exceptions for rape or for incest. The Arizona 
Supreme Court's decision goes as far as to suggest that doctors can be 
prosecuted for assisting in an abortion. All of these regressive MAGA 
judges on the Supreme Court, in some of the other Federal courts, and 
in the State courts--all come from Donald Trump and he, appointing MAGA 
judges, and his goal to restrict women's freedoms and to have Roe v. 
Wade be annihilated.
  Make no mistake about it. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans own the 
consequences of the Arizona Supreme Court decision. Does anyone 
seriously doubt that, should Trump become President again, he won't try 
to add even more extreme jurists to the bench so he can continue his 
assault on women's reproductive freedoms? Of course, they will. If 
Trump and MAGA Republicans get into power they would see to it that 
reproductive freedoms are curtailed even more, from the local level to 
the national level.
  Even in his remarks the other day, when he was trying to cover up 
what he did, he couldn't resist saying he is ``proudly the person 
responsible'' for the annihilation of Roe v. Wade. He couldn't resist 
because that is where he is at. We know that.
  And don't take it from me. House Republicans included a national 
abortion ban in the Republican Study Committee budget. And remember, 
the Republican Study Committee includes a majority of House Republicans 
and their leadership, and they came out for a national abortion ban.
  On IVF, Republicans try to talk a good game about supporting access 
to reproductive services, but not 1 month ago--not 1 month ago--
Republicans blocked legislation in this Chamber that would have 
preserved IVF protections under Federal law. And, while

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Donald Trump hopes people forget, he himself is on record supporting a 
national abortion ban when he was President.
  So, unsurprisingly, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are now trying 
to hide their antiabortion records because they know how dangerously 
out of step their views are with the public. But they can't help 
themselves, as the President's speech showed 4 days ago. Again, he had 
to repeat that he was responsible--the one responsible--for the 
abolition of Roe.
  Make no mistake, that is what they will do. And, make no mistake, 
Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans will have to answer to the American 
people for what they have done to fundamental liberties in this 
country--today, tomorrow, and in November.