[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     SUPPORTING PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am here this evening to correct 
the record on women's health. As the only woman in a tristate 
delegation that includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, I 
speak for millions of women whose right to abortion was codified by the 
Supreme Court decades ago.
  I also speak for the millions more women who don't come from States 
like New Jersey where clinics that provide a full range of women's 
health services are accessible, States like Texas, Louisiana, and 
Mississippi where legislatures full of men would love to see those 
clinics closed for good.
  Last week another antiabortion group, under the guise of legitimate 
news, released a doctored video to attack Planned Parenthood. This 
attack isn't about the trumped-up claims in the video.
  It is about the same tired efforts to make it harder for women from 
every walk of life and every corner of the country to make the health 
choices that work for them.
  It is sad that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are so 
quick to hop on that bandwagon.
  Enough, Mr. Speaker. This is enough already.

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