On the recordMarch 27, 1996
Mr. Speaker, we oppose the closed process that would make in order consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 1833, the so-called and misnamed partial-birth abortion ban. This is a bill that on the pretense of seeking to ban certain vaguely defined abortion procedures is, in reality, an assault on the constitutionally guaranteed right of women to reproductive freedom and on the freedom of physicians to practice medicine without Government intrusion. Those of us, Mr. Speaker, who fought for many, many years to secure, and then to preserve and protect, the right of every woman to choose a safe medical procedure to terminate a wanted pregnancy that has gone tragically wrong, and when her life or health are endangered, are deeply troubled by the legislation before us today and by the rule under which it is being considered.
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