[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11057]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE WORST IS YET TO COME

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, Republican attacks on lifesaving access to 
contraceptives in the health care act is one in a series on women's 
reproductive health this term. The worst is yet to come in the planned 
markup of H.R. 3803, to ban abortions after 20 weeks. Cloaked as a 
restriction on D.C. women, the bill merely uses them for a frontal 
attack on Roe v. Wade that guarantees abortion rights until viability, 
as determined by a physician.
  The Franks bill picks on D.C. women because anti-choice opponents 
lack the courage of their own convictions, or they would have made the 
20-week abortion ban a nationwide bill. That, of course, would bring on 
the wrath of the American people who support choice. Judging by their 
reaction even before markup, women see through the cynicism and are 
poised to protect their constitutional rights.

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