[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9391-9392]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Wilson) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, as the House begins consideration 
of H.R. 1797, I rise in solidarity with the women of the world. I rise 
in outrage at yet another attempt to control our bodies and make 
choices for us instead of allowing women to make their own choice with 
their doctors and their families.
  First of all, it's the woman's body, not yours. She alone bears the 
burden, the pain and joy that it brings. Please stop trying to regulate 
our reproductive organs. They belong to us.
  To the men who feel so inclined to tell women what to do, I ask: Have 
you ever had a menstrual period? Have you ever felt unbearable pain in 
every bone of your body during childbirth? Will you be there for a 
mother when she needs prenatal care, formula, and diapers? Will you 
support Head Start programs? Will you focus on creating good public 
schools? Will you reform foster care and stop greasing the prison 
pipeline with unwanted children?
  There are grandmothers living in trailer parks and public housing 
single-handedly raising millions of grandchildren. Where are you when 
Grandma is trying to feed Jerome, Shaquita, Pedro, Heather, and John? 
The only time I see you is on the floor of the House trying to take 
away Grandma's Social Security and attacking her Medicare and food 
stamps. Grandma doesn't have a car, so she has no ID so she can vote 
you out of office.
  For some reason, you care about a baby right until the minute it is 
born into the world, and then you disappear

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and desert the children you claim to protect and love. Shame on you. 
Stop the cradle-to-grave neglect and abuse. Stop the shenanigans and 
bring to the floor bills that will create jobs, jobs, jobs for the 
American people. And mind your own business and regulate your own body.

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