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Lynn C. Woolsey: “I predict that historians will write books on this Congress. They will do that by writing about the majority's assault…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1996
I predict that historians will write books on this Congress. They will do that by writing about the majority's assault on reproductive choice. Twenty-one votes to compromise a woman's right to choose in just 1 year, that is why passage of this amendment is so important. Women in the Federal Government work very hard every day for our constituents. Indeed, they are our constituents. But they have had their reproductive health care options taken away from them for political posturing. That is wrong, that is unfair, and it undermines the fundamental protections of Roe versus Wade.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Addressing the majority's actions against reproductive rights during a congressional debate.

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