Jackie Speier: “Finding the right balance must be our top priority.”

I rise this afternoon to hold this Special Order on a very important issue. It is an issue about abortion access in the military. I thank my colleagues for joining me and elevating their voices on the experience of our troops who are…

We must restore local control to the community.

I thank the gentlewoman for her powerful comments. On top of everything else, we passed one law which was the Hyde amendment, that said you can't use Federal funds for medical abortions, so Medicaid was not made available for that purpose…

I think there is no question that there is a 14th Amendment violation to women serving at these 109 installations where they cannot access the abortion care nearby.