[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 143 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6044]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                          Reproductive Rights

  Madam President, on another health-related topic, the question of 
women's reproductive freedom continues to be a matter of importance in 
the upcoming election.
  At the Presidential debate last week, it became clear that the two 
candidates could not be further apart on the issue. The former 
President took credit for the ``great service'' he said he did in 
erasing the constitutional right under Roe v. Wade. On the other hand, 
Vice President Harris asked us to consider what abortion bans mean for 
young survivors of rape or incest who are forced to carry pregnancies 
to term or for women who miscarry and are repeatedly denied access to 
lifesaving care.
  That is the world we live in today because of the Dobbs decision, 
because of Donald Trump and his success in choosing three 
ultraconservative Supreme Court Justices who overruled Roe v. Wade.
  Make no mistake, the former President sees the polls, and he knows 
that limiting women's access to making their own decisions on 
reproductive care and choice is wildly unpopular, even in conservative 
red States. That is why former President Trump is twisting himself into 
knots trying to have it both ways: taking credit for overruling Roe v. 
Wade to appease his base while refusing to acknowledge all of the 
suffering that has resulted.