Protecting Our Reproductive Rights

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Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of all the women who don't have the opportunity to stand here today.

Since the Dobbs decision, Republicans have imposed draconian bans to endanger women for the sake of power. Their obsession is power: power over their wives, sisters, daughters, every woman in our country.

Donald Trump, my Governor Greg Abbott, and their cronies seem to take joy in the harm they cause women, despite their oath to protect them.

Calls to the National Domestic Violence hotline about rape or sabotaged birth control have nearly doubled. Doubled.

The laws enacted by extreme MAGA lawmakers have increased domestic abuse, and they carry this stain on their hands.

However, when Greg Abbott looks at these facts, it is like the porch light is on but nobody is home.

Back home in Texas, we say: Don't mess with Texas.

Mr. Speaker, I am here to tell Greg Abbott and Donald Trump: Don't mess with Texas women. This is why we will always put women over politics and healthcare over bans.

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