[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Today marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. 
Ultimately decisions about whether to choose adoption, end a pregnancy, 
or raise a child must be left to a woman, her family, and her faith, 
with the counsel of her doctor or health care provider.
  Roe v. Wade prevents politicians from interfering with a woman's 
personal decision. Were Roe ever to be overturned, it could have ripple 
effects. Our laws and traditions afford constitutional protections to 
personal decisions relating to, among other things, marriage, 
procreation, contraception, family relationships, child-rearing, and 
intimacy. The right to privacy, strengthened by Roe, supports each of 
these areas.
  Overturning Roe could thus potentially erode the ability of 
individuals to make highly personal decisions free from intrusive 
government regulations and harm the overall right to privacy.

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