[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2495]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       ATTACKS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the extensive 
attacks made on women's health in recent weeks.
  We have seen an almost unprecedented number of attacks on women's 
access to health care, reproductive options, and even prenatal care. 
From a hearing on women's health that included a panel with no women 
witnesses, to public statements diminishing the importance of women's 
access to a full range of preventive health services, to accusations 
that prenatal testing is in some way a pathway to abortions, it has 
been open season on women's health. This is not acceptable.
  We need to trust women to know what is best for their families and 
for themselves, and those of us in Congress should always have their 
best interests in mind. Women do not deserve to have their health used 
as a political football.

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