Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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Mr. ESPAILLAT. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 26.

H.R. 26 is presented within the context of what happened last year when the Supreme Court stripped millions of women in our country of their status and free right for equal access to reproductive freedom.

As Members of Congress, we have a responsibility to correct this wrong and bring back reproductive freedom for women. This bill is not about the safety of children. This is more of the same. This is about policing the bodies of women.

A bunch of middle-aged guys in Brooks Brothers' suits stand here today and try to tell women what to do with their bodies. That is what this is about. This is not about the safety of children. That is already illegal.

Madam Speaker, I stand here to oppose H.R. 26. There are 64 million women across America of reproductive age. Many of them live in States that are beating up on their rights to reproductive freedom.

Madam Speaker, I stand here in opposition to H.R. 26 and ask my colleagues also to vote against it.

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