[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2320]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, the Supreme Court is scheduled 
to hear Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt next Tuesday, a case 
challenging the Texas law that has deprived women of their 
constitutional right to make their own healthcare decisions. I was 
proud to join 163 of my colleagues in an amicus brief in support of 
women's health centers.
  Texas is home to 5.4 million women of reproductive age, and this 
appalling law would leave only 10 clinics open in the entire State--
10--in Texas.
  As a mother of two daughters, I find this unacceptable. It is a moral 
outrage when legislatures full of mostly male politicians interfere in 
women's healthcare decisions. From Texas to my home State of Florida, 
to this very body, we are seeing an unprecedented attack on women's 
health, and I will not be silent about it.
  These laws have not and will not make women safer. They are intrusive 
and invade women's personal, most private decisions. It is my deepest 
hope that the Supreme Court overturns this offensive Texas law.

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