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On the recordSeptember 24, 2021
It is past time we took the power to make deeply personal healthcare decisions out of Governors' mansions and State legislatures and put them back where they belong, in the hands of patients and their doctors. Just this week, my home State of Florida filed a horrific anti- abortion bill that is a revolting assault on women's rights. With Federal courts becoming more hostile to reproductive access, we must not waver in the passage of the Women's Health Protection Act. Thankfully, this bill before us today protects the right to access abortion throughout the United States and safeguards against medically unnecessary bans and restrictions like those in Texas' S.B. 8. Equal access to abortion care everywhere is essential to economic participation, reproductive autonomy, and the right to determine our own lives. Congress has a responsibility to pass legislation that makes these human rights a reality. Madam Speaker, I urge passage of this vital piece of legislation.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida
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Sep 24, 2021

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