[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6625]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WE MUST NOT PASS H.R. 3

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 3 and 
to remind my colleagues of two key dates.
  January 20, 2011, the day H.R. 3 was introduced. Just 3 months ago, 
the authors of this extremist, offensive bill introduced a version of 
H.R. 3 that would have redefined rape and incest. They don't want us to 
remember, but we cannot forget 173 Members of Congress signed their 
names to a bill that would have redefined rape to exclude women who are 
unconscious, mentally disabled, or forced into sex by threat.
  The authors of this bill would also like us to forget another 
important date: January 22, 1973. On that day, the Supreme Court ruled 
that women have the right to make their own decisions about their own 
bodies and their own lives.
  But we will not forget that date, and we will not forget the 173 
Members of this body who want to redefine rape and incest, and we will 
not turn back the clock to a time when women could not make their own 
choices and access vital care.
  We will not forget. We will not go back, and we must not pass H.R. 3.

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