Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Manning for the important points that she made, talking about the importance of access to safe abortions. Even today, the World Health Organization estimates that 47,000 women die from unsafe abortions each year. That is 13 percent of maternal deaths worldwide. Madam Speaker, at this time, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Hampshire (Ms. Kuster).
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As many have noted in testimony and in questions today, this growing industry has great potential to connect Americans in rural and underserved areas and to provide life-saving service during emergencies and natural disasters.
I think that is something that we have seen, is what happens when what you are usually relying on fails.
Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Kuster for her leadership and for her impactful story here tonight, one of the many women of this reproductive rights movement. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Lois Frankel).
Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Frankel for sharing her stories from Florida. At this time, it is a pleasure to yield to the gentleman from the great State of Texas (Mr. Green). {time} 2015
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