[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11366]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EQUALITY FOR WOMEN

  (Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, 22 years ago, Justice Sandra 
Day O'Connor stated:

       The ability of women to participate equally in the economic 
     and social life of the Nation has been facilitated by their 
     ability to control their reproductive lives.

  Over the past week, that fact has not only been lost by the Supreme 
Court, it has been under attack. The Court's decisions undermine 
women's ability to pursue economic opportunity and equality.
  Tonight, thousands of people are rallying in Boston to protect these 
basic rights. I stand in solidarity with them. We will not back down 
and will not accept anything less than full equality in our access to 
health care, the workplace, and the ability to determine the trajectory 
of our own lives.
  This esteemed body would do well to heed Justice O'Connor's words, 
because the women of America will settle for no less.

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