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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Floor Speech

Date: June 20, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Abortion

Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

Instead of focusing on much needed job creation legislation ..... or addressing the student loan interest rates set to double in a matter of days ..... the House Republican Leadership has decided to bring up a bill that is unconstitutional and unconscionable.

This legislation would ban abortions after 20 weeks nationwide ..... with no exceptions to protect a woman's health and with the most narrow exceptions for rape or incest.

I have always believed that such a deeply personal issue can only be made by the woman herself ..... in consultation with her doctor ..... and her most trusted loved ones.

This legislation is an attempt to insert the federal government into this decision making process and chip away at a woman's right to choose.

For the young women in Sacramento and nationwide, I oppose this legislation in order to protect their health and their rights ..... and I urge my colleagues to do the same.


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