[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2362-2363]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONTRACEPTION

  (Mr. PETERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PETERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in outrage and disbelief that 
my Republican colleagues believe that they are more qualified to 
determine what a woman can do with her own body than she is.
  Republicans say that they are on the side of freedom and personal 
responsibility. They also say that they are against Big Government 
intrusion. But when it comes to women in this country, it's nothing but 
a bunch of empty rhetoric.
  Let's be clear: the debate about contraception is really about 
Republicans' deep-seated opposition to women making decisions about 
their own bodies. It is an outrage; it is unconscionable; it is

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insulting; and it is un-American to treat women, by virtue of their 
gender, as second-class citizens by denying their ability to control 
their own destinies.
  To my Republican colleagues, shame on you for waging your 
hypocritical war on women.

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