Women's Health Protection Act of 2022

Floor Speech

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Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, the horror of a 10-year-old girl, the victim of rape, re-victimized when her parents were forced to take her out of State because of Ohio's abortion law.

A woman who was having a miscarriage, whose doctor refused to give her the medical procedure she needed because of fear of being prosecuted.

A woman trying to get long-acting birth control, whose pharmacist refused to prescribe the necessary medication for the procedure.

The chaos in the wake of the terrible Dobbs decision is only going to get worse from here.

The Supreme Court and the Republican Party have declared a war on Americans' healthcare rights. Every single American has the right and the freedom to make the healthcare decisions that they need, including abortion.

We passed this bill last September. We passed it in September after the first decision in the Supreme Court. We are going to pass this bill today in the U.S. House of Representatives. We are going to pass this bill, which codifies Roe v. Wade, every time we need to, to protect Americans' rights to healthcare and to protect everybody's equality.

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