[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 147 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H5542-H5543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ANNIVERSARY OF MIFEPRISTONE

  (Mr. GOLDMAN of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, 24 years ago next week, the 
Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone, 
authorizing it as a safe and effective means for women to end a 
pregnancy through medication. In the ensuing two decades, there has 
been no evidence that it

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is not effective, nor that it is dangerous in any way.
  It is actually safer than Tylenol, and millions of women have 
exercised their right to control their own bodies by using it. 
Naturally, in their quest to control women's bodies, Republicans have 
fought tooth and nail to prohibit access to mifepristone.
  Women's healthcare is not some abstract concept. It is a human right. 
When Republicans criminalize reproductive freedom, women die, as we 
learned this week about two women in Georgia.
  On this 24th anniversary of mifepristone's FDA authorization, which 
remains the law of the land, I call on pharmacies around the country to 
continue to distribute this safe and effective medication to women who 
want it.

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