Roe V. Wade Anniversary

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Mr. BIGGS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the 43rd anniversary of the devastating Roe v. Wade decision. For nearly 50 years, Roe distorted our Constitution and did great harm to our Nation.

The decision was not rooted in the text of the Constitution. Instead, the Court invented a constitutional right grounded in a vague, undefined concept of privacy that the Court itself struggled to explain.

Roe silenced voters, sidelined legislatures, and eroded respect for the judiciary by turning judges into policymakers. Worst of all, it cost millions of innocent lives.

In overturning Roe, the Supreme Court rightly corrected a grave legal error and returned authority to the States where it belongs. That restoration of constitutional order was long overdue.

I also bid hello and welcome to my friends from the Center for Arizona Policy who are in the gallery today.

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