Fourth Anniversary of Dobbs Decision

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Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Utah for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the fourth anniversary of one of the most consequential decisions in the history of our Supreme Court, and that is Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Mr. Speaker, 4 years ago, the Supreme Court corrected a 50-year wrong and returned the question of life back to where it has always belonged, and that is to the American people and to their elected representatives. This was a historic victory for life and the rule of law.

But today is not just a day to celebrate a court decision. It is a day to recommit ourselves to the work that remains, and there is still a lot of work to do.

As a mother, a grandmother, and a lifelong advocate for life, I have always believed that the pro-life movement is fundamentally a movement of deep affection and love: love for mothers facing impossible choices, love for families navigating the unexpected, and love for the most vulnerable among us--the unborn, who have no voice.

That love is showing up in communities across the country. In 2024 alone, pregnancy centers provided over 1 million women with services valued at more than $452 million. That is free ultrasounds, free natal care, diapers, car seats, and so much more. And for every Planned Parenthood, there are 15 pregnancy resource centers ready to serve women with real support and real choices.

That is the true face of the pro-life movement.

Here in Congress we have continued to act. Earlier this year, the House passed the Supporting Pregnancy and Parenting Women and Families Act and Pregnant Students' Rights Act because we know that protecting life means supporting mothers before, during, and after pregnancy.

President Trump's HHS stood up for moms.gov, and that was inspired by my Pregnancy.Gov Act to connect expecting mothers with the resources they truly need.

These are the kinds of life-affirming policies we should be building on.

But I want to be direct about where we still fall short. Since Dobbs, abortions in this country have actually increased by nearly 400,000 a year.

Why is that?

It is because the Biden-Harris administration spent 4 years dismantling every commonsense safeguard around chemical abortion drugs. They allowed mifepristone to be ordered online, shipped through the mail, and dispensed without a doctor ever seeing the patient.

As a pharmacist for almost 40 years, that is not patient care. That is recklessness.

Democrats have made their agenda very clear. Nearly every House Democrat has signed on to legislation that would impose abortion on demand until birth wiping out every pro-life protection at the State and Federal level, and we cannot let that stand.

Dobbs gave us the tools. Now it is our job to use them. I will not stop fighting for life in every form at every stage.

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