[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 25, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2960]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF DOBBS DECISION

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, 3 years ago this week, the Supreme Court 
stripped from millions of women the right to make their own healthcare 
decisions. Since overturning Roe v. Wade, women across this country 
have struggled, suffered, and even died. Doctors are forced to hesitate 
even in emergencies, fearing prosecution, and State legislatures have 
been emboldened to threaten medical practitioners in other States.
  As Westchester County executive, I signed legislation to protect 
women from harassment and intimidation when seeking an abortion because 
this decision is deeply personal and belongs to a woman and her doctor, 
not to politicians, not to protesters, not even to the Supreme Court.
  That is why I am a sponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act. 
Congress must codify the right to reproductive freedom as the law of 
the land. If we do not, women across the country will continue to 
suffer unnecessarily in the wake of the misguided decision in Dobbs.

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