Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I remind the House that the House keeps the District of Columbia from spending its own funds for low-income women who…”

“I remind the House that the House keeps the District of Columbia from spending its own funds for low-income women who want to end a pregnancy at even 1 week. But today I rise for Christy Zink, a District of Columbia resident who was a mother of one, soon-to-be mother of two. However, at 21 weeks, an MRI detected a fetal anomaly regarding her unborn son's brain. A critical part of the brain of the fetus had simply not developed. She decided to end the pregnancy at almost 22 weeks. On behalf of Christy Zink, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on H.R. 36. We must stop the bans.”