[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        SUSAN G. KOMEN HALTS PARTNERSHIP WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, today is a sad day. In an effort to strip 
women of the right to choose, anti-choice groups have blocked access to 
life-saving cancer screenings.
  The Nation's leading breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen, announced 
it will no longer partner with Planned Parenthood, the Nation's leading 
women's health care provider. This fight has pitted two of our Nation's 
premier and important women's health care groups wrongly against each 
other.
  We on either side of the Capitol and in these Chambers must remember 
that rhetoric has real-world consequences. For the health of all women 
across America, this issue must be resolved quickly and the 
collaborative relationship between these two great institutions 
restored. Until then, lives are at stake, sadly, for political gain.

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