Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Women's Health Protection Act and to speak for the generation of women who have lost their freedom to make healthcare decisions for themselves. The government has no place inserting itself into people's personal healthcare decisions. I never expected to be on the floor of the House talking about miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, or fertility treatments, but here we are. For many, pregnancy is not an easy path. One in eight pregnancies end in miscarriage, and 1 in 50 women experience ectopic pregnancies--an outcome that always leads to pregnancy loss and poses serious risk of life to the mother. {time} 1015 For countless others, getting pregnant requires costly, exhausting, and complex procedures such as IVF. Regardless of the circumstances, reproductive health is private. Pregnancy can be unpredictable. The government has no place in deciding what care patients can receive and doctors can administer. Like all healthcare, decisions surrounding reproductive health should be between a patient and their doctor. As an adoption attorney, I worked with hundreds of birth mothers making the most personal, consequential decisions of their lives, and not one of those women looked to the government to make that decision for them. I support the Women's Health Protection Act, and I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''”