Barbara Boxer: “The article states in part: In an early January e-mail reviewed by the Post, a Republican Judiciary Committee staffer…”

“The article states in part: In an early January e-mail reviewed by the Post, a Republican Judiciary Committee staffer sent a Democratic staffer a summary of changes to the previous version of the bill, in seven bullet points. Guess what. They left out the change they made to women's reproductive health. Now, I have been around here a long time and I thought there was trust in this body, but don't stand up and say it is a phantom problem when the Washington Post confirms it. They have the email that proves this change was made and was not told to the Democrats on the committee. If it had been told to the Democrats on the committee, we would have worked this out. If they want to fight for women, take the provision out that harms the victims of trafficking. If they want to help women, bring up Loretta Lynch for confirmation--a fantastic woman, qualified--held up by the Republicans longer than any other Attorney General nominee ever. If they want to help women, those are two ways to do it. Solve this problem. Don't stand up and say it is a phantom problem when the Washington Post saw the email. We know the bill before us has an extremely worthy goal. We want to help victims of human trafficking. I wish to ask rhetorically, How does it help women who have been brutally trafficked when we don't let them access their legal right to end a pregnancy that resulted from their enslavement? A woman is enslaved. She becomes pregnant.…”