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Women's Access to Medication Abortion

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 27, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to defend women's access to medication abortion.

In the wake of the Dobbs decision, the Justice Department reaffirmed that States cannot ban the abortion pill, which now accounts for the majority of abortions nationwide.

Medication abortion is safe and effective. It is healthcare.

However, in North Carolina, women face unnecessary limitations that not only allow treatment to be delayed by 72 hours but require counseling before medication abortion.

This week, a brave physician in North Carolina, Amy Bryant, filed a lawsuit challenging these dangerous restrictions.

Let's be clear. Any State that limits a physician's ability to prescribe abortion medication is causing harm to women and creating needless barriers to healthcare.

We cannot give up on the fight for full reproductive autonomy.

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