Lizzie Fletcher: “I thank Congresswoman Scanlon for her work on the Rules Committee, for her focus on this issue this morning, and in…”

“I thank Congresswoman Scanlon for her work on the Rules Committee, for her focus on this issue this morning, and in response as to what we would do with the previous question. Madam Speaker, I have just returned to Washington from my home State of Texas where I am sorry to report that the healthcare crisis we have been experiencing has only gotten worse. Pregnant women in crisis, having miscarriages, having complications that put their health and their lives at risk, are being turned away from hospital emergency rooms because the extreme laws that our State legislators have passed, banning abortion of just about any kind. Doctors and hospitals have asked for clear guidance about when and how they can take care of these patients, these American citizens who are suffering in Texas and States like it that have passed similar, vague, extreme laws criminalizing doctors, women, and pregnancy itself. Pregnant women have limited to no access to care and even to information. This puts their lives and health at risk, including their ability to have children in the future. Pregnant women have shown up at emergency rooms only to be told to come back later when they are closer to death. Closer to death is the standard in Texas. Let's think about that.…”