I had a procedure at 17 weeks pregnant with a child I lost a baby. But for you to stand on this floor and to suggest as you have that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous.
Jackie Speier discusses her personal experience with abortion and criticizes the perception that such procedures are taken lightly.
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And I would also say, Under Secretary, while you are doing that education with women who are in boot camp, we really need it for the men as well, because, truly, we keep losing sight of the fact that there are two in this process.
we have 102 installations right now on that map, 102 installations in the United States that will--in which the States ban, totally ban access to abortion care.
When you have men and women who are reluctant to even consider coming into the military because of sexual assault and sexual harassment, that is going to affect recruitment, it clearly impacts retention, and it will have an effect on…
Words matter, and Members of Congress who speak in those kinds of terms should be called out.
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