Defund Planned Parenthood Act

Floor Speech

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Ms. DelBENE. Madam Speaker, this feels like deja vu. Once again, the
House is ignoring the challenges facing our Nation in order to attack
women's health. Already this year, the House has voted to restrict
reproductive health care in private insurance, enact a sweeping 20-week
abortion ban, and allow employers to discriminate against their workers
for using birth control.

Now, with just 5 legislative days before a shutdown, we are wasting
our time on a bill the President has said he will veto. It is past time
for Congress to stop focusing on ideology and start focusing on the
facts. The fact is defunding Planned Parenthood would have a
devastating effect on women's access to health care. That care includes
cancer screenings, immunizations, and birth control.

As my colleagues are well aware, current law already prevents Federal
funding for abortion services. It is shameful that the House is
allowing the reckless actions of a few extremists to jeopardize the
critical safety net provided by Planned Parenthood. We can't let that
happen.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''

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