[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         POLITICIANS SHOULDN'T MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR WOMEN

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, if you thought the 114th Congress would 
be different, think again. If you thought Republicans were ready to put 
partisan politics behind them, think again. If you thought they had 
finally ended their war on women, think again.
  Last night, thanks to Republican women and their supporters, the 
Republicans abandoned their effort to pass a 20-week abortion ban even 
for women who were victims of rape or incest.
  But instead of respecting women this morning, the Republicans are 
coming back to the floor again, this time attempting to deny women 
access to their constitutionally protected right to safe and legal 
abortions by restricting coverage to abortions--including in private 
plans purchased with women's private dollars.
  This is harmful to women and continues to ignore the American people, 
who believe that women and their doctors should make important medical 
decisions, not politicians.
  Roe v. Wade wasn't the beginning of women having abortions. It was 
the end of women dying from abortions.

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