[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, the right to choice, the right for a 
woman to have control of her own body is guaranteed by the Constitution 
and has been for 40 years. Defunding Planned Parenthood will not change 
that. Instead, defunding Planned Parenthood would lead to a decrease in 
access to contraception and an increase in unplanned pregnancies.
  With 40 percent of unplanned pregnancies ending in abortion, 
defunding Planned Parenthood would inevitably result in more abortions, 
not fewer. If you really want to reduce the number of abortions, you 
should be lobbying to increase funding for Planned Parenthood and other 
organizations that provide safe and effective birth control.
  So let's fund Planned Parenthood, keep our government open, and move 
on to more pressing issues for the American people.

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