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On the recordJuly 15, 2022
I thank all of the leaders who recognize that reproductive freedom is a constitutional right. I rise today, and I stand in the name of a 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion and had to run to another State. I stand in the name of the young woman who induced an abortion and became criminalized. I stand in the name of rape victims. I stand in the name of incest victims. I stand for reproductive freedom. And I stand in the name of the Constitution and the Ninth Amendment and the right of women with their faith leaders, their families, their extended knowledge, to be able to make their own decision about reproductive freedom. I stand for the Women's Health Protection Act because it prohibits a State, local, or Tribal Government from telling abortion providers that they should perform medically unnecessary procedures like ultrasounds and provide patients with medically inaccurate information. This would be prohibited by this particular legislation and, as well, to ensure that they would comply with credentialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers who offer medically comparable services. I stand in order for the Women's Health Protection Act to cover this United States and to ensure that the Constitution and Ninth Amendment prevails. I stand because the Supreme Court Justices who swore that they believe in precedent for 50 years of Roe v.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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