[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9373]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       SUPREME COURT DECISION TO UPHOLD THE FEDERAL ABORTION BAN

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, the Bush administration has 
gotten what they wished for. The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on a 
medical procedure for women without a health exception, thereby 
reversing four decades of rulings supporting a woman's right to choose.
  Women who face serious health consequences have lost their right to 
the safest procedure available. Politicians have taken the place of 
doctors. Women have become a pawn in the hands of right-wing 
conservatives.
  On my Web site, I keep a listing of all the ways this administration 
has chipped away at a woman's right to choose, but yesterday they used 
a sledgehammer. By upholding this ban and disregarding years of 
precedent, the Roberts court has shown not only its belief that women 
are second-class citizens, but also its potential to completely 
overturn Roe.
  We need to stand up to right-wing, conservative, extremist efforts 
and protect the basic human rights of women.

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