The Right to Abortion is Under Attack

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Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Women's Health Protection Act because the right to abortion, a right grounded in privacy, is under attack.

When people have the freedom to make their own personal decisions about whether and when to become a parent, they are more likely to attain their educational goals, maintain job mobility, achieve economic security. But unfortunately, politicians in many States, and in this very body, want to invade privacy and deny autonomy.

We cannot take the right to choose for granted. I urge passage of this vital legislation because we refuse to be dragged back to the dangerous days before Roe v. Wade. I urge everyone to support the Women's Health Protection Act.

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