Bonnie Watson Coleman: “Today, instead of working to protect DREAMers, enacting commonsense gun safety legislation, or reforming our tax system…”

“Today, instead of working to protect DREAMers, enacting commonsense gun safety legislation, or reforming our tax system to benefit hardworking Americans and not just the wealthy, I have to stand here and speak out against H.R. 36, another radical assault against women's health and reproductive rights, a bill that would deny care to women in the most desperate of circumstances, a bill designed to restrict a woman's access to a full range of healthcare services, and a blatant attempt to chip away at a woman's right to choose. Congressional Republicans failed in their numerous attempts to strip healthcare away from everyone, so they will settle for just taking health decisions away from women. We settled this issue 40 years ago. Women have the constitutionally protected right to manage their own bodies. I will continue to defend the woman's right to choose and vigorously oppose any and all attacks against that. ____________________”