Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act

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Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, in their incessant drive to impose a national ban on all forms of abortion, Republicans continue to block relief for millions of Americans who are struggling with soaring ObamaCare health insurance premiums. Now, today, they offer this bill to funnel taxpayer dollars to fake health clinics.

To deceive women, these so-called pregnancy crisis centers use medical jargon and dress up in scrubs, yet most of the 2,600 clinics do not have a single licensed medical professional. Instead, they rely on fear and misinformation to discourage vulnerable women as they are trying to make one of the most important healthcare decisions about what is best for them.

Much more shocking than the waste that is promoted through this bill is the indifference with which so many extremist Republicans have shown to the right to life, the right to life for the mother, the right to life for American women.

I chaired an Austin field hearing last August, and I heard dozens of tragic stories from Texas women like Kaitlyn Kash and Amanda Zurawski, forced to the brink of death before they could receive care for a miscarriage, hemorrhage, or sepsis.

An obstetrician, Dr. Donell Oliver, testified: ``Women are dying; families are suffering; and medical professionals' hands are being tied.'' That is the result of the kind of strict abortion ban Republicans have imposed on Texas women that some here want to impose on all 50 States and all women in our country.

I think the death certificates for so many other women who have been denied treatment for pregnancy complications should really read the truth, which is ``Cause of Death: Republican abortion ban.''

For every American whose life is threatened by Republican extremist interference, I strongly oppose this bill and urge its rejection.

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