Sheila Jackson Lee: “I stand, as I said earlier, with a 10-year-old victim who had to run to be able to secure an abortion after being raped.…”

“I stand, as I said earlier, with a 10-year-old victim who had to run to be able to secure an abortion after being raped. I stand on the Constitution where the Fifth Amendment says that we are due life and liberty. I stand in front of ``In God We Trust,'' and I tell my friend from Louisiana that the Constitution says that we have a right to freedom of religion. We speak what we believe. That is what this legislation does, and that is what reproductive freedom is. It is to ensure that the GOP does not criminalize abortion in all 50 States. It is to ensure that Republicans are not plotting a nationwide ban to criminalize. This Constitutional expose, and explanation, indicates that we have the right to travel and the right to be constitutionally secure in that. Further, we need to go a step further and criminalize anyone who is a bounty hunter and hold them accountable and put them in jail. Specifically, this bill provides and makes sure that we prohibit any person or healthcare providers who provide legal abortion or services, that we don't stop that, that we don't stop any person or any entity for helping healthcare providers. Let me thank you and ask support of this legislation. Madam Speaker, I am proud to rise in strong support of H.R. 8297, the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022. H.R.…”