[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. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR. It was a very historic time in Washington, DC, yesterday, 
with not only the swearing in of the President of the United States, 
but doing it on the occasion that marks Martin Luther King's birthday 
holiday here in the United States. What a day for hundreds of thousands 
of youth from around this country to see their Capital in action and 
today visiting the Congress itself.
  Today, we also celebrate the historic enactment of Roe v. Wade. What 
an absolute honor and privilege it is to live in a country that does 
not deny access to health care. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Latin 
America, and my sister died on the operating table because there was 
not adequate health care. When you don't have it, you can't get it, no 
matter what. And so this country protects women's rights to see a 
doctor in their own privacy and discuss what their needs may be. No 
Congress should stand in the way of denying people access to health 
care, including the right to an abortion.
  So let's protect what the Supreme Court has honored and celebrate on 
this historic day all kinds of great things in this great country, 
including Roe v. Wade, America's anniversary of the right to health 
care for women.

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