[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H4347-H4348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOMS

  (Mr. MENEFEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENEFEE. Mr. Speaker, last week marked 4 years since the Supreme 
Court overturned Roe v. Wade

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and ripped away the constitutional right women had relied on for nearly 
50 years.
  In Texas, Republican politicians rushed to impose some of the most 
extreme abortion bans in the entire country. They promised that these 
laws would protect life. They told us that there would be no 
consequences.
  However, now the consequences are here, and it is women who are 
paying for them with their lives.
  Since Dobbs and Texas' total abortion ban, infant deaths in Texas 
jumped from 1,985 to 2,240 in a single year. That is a 255-death 
increase.
  It should pain each of us that here in this country, a woman can walk 
into a hospital with a medical emergency, and doctors will have to stop 
and ask whether politicians will put them in prison if they save her 
life.
  If those pushing these abortion bans truly cared about life, they 
would be fighting for affordable childcare, paid family leave, and 
better maternal healthcare.
  On this anniversary, I hope that we all stay committed to fighting so 
that every single woman in this country can get their freedom and their 
right to an abortion back in this country.

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