[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             WOMEN'S HEALTH

  (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, since assuming control of the House of 
Representatives, Republicans have brought 10 bills to the floor to 
limit a woman's constitutionally protected right to make choices 
regarding her own health. In January, we were told that the Republican 
majority was going to ``rebrand'' and refocus on the economy.
  Yet, this week, my Republican colleagues once again ignored the 
pressing problems of many American families and brought a bill to the 
floor that would reverse decades of progress for women's health. H.R. 
1797, muscled through by an all-male Republican panel, would upend Roe 
v. Wade and contains only the narrowest of exceptions for women who are 
victims of rape or incest.
  I received an email Monday from a constituent that I think best sums 
up the problems in the bill. In this email, the constituent, who is an 
abuse victim and incest survivor, urged me to stop this dangerous bill 
from becoming law and threatening the health of women who, like her, 
are in the most desperate and tragic of circumstances.
  While the bill passed the House yesterday, I am happy to say that it 
will not be acted upon in the Senate. I urge my colleagues to stop 
these dangerous games with women's health and confront the true 
problems that are facing the country.

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