[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3498]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                Abortion

  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today marks the third anniversary of the 
Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v. Wade and returning 
the question of abortion to the people and their elected 
representatives.
  Three years on, there is much to celebrate. New protections for 
unborn Americans now exist in many States, and there are babies alive 
today who would not be here without Dobbs.
  But today is also a reminder of how much work there is still to be 
done. Other States have enacted aggressively pro-abortion laws, and the 
pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute reports that there were over a 
million abortions in the United States in 2024. So we still have a lot 
of work to do to reach a day when every--every--American, born and 
unborn, enjoys the full protection of the law.
  I am sure my Democrat colleagues have plans to commemorate the Dobbs 
anniversary, not as a day that opened the door to protections for human 
rights but as a day that opened the door to restrictions on Democrats' 
most cherished ``freedom,'' and that is the freedom to kill unborn 
human beings.
  I have to say, it is a pretty grim indictment of the moral health of 
a party when one of its signature issues is promoting the right to kill 
the youngest and most vulnerable Americans.
  As I said, there is still a lot of work to be done, but I am 
confident that we can get there. I look forward to the day when the 
life of every American, born and unborn, is protected and when being 
small and vulnerable does not mean that your human rights are any less 
respected.