Fighting for Your Reproductive Freedom

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Mr. SORENSEN. Mr. Speaker, this past Sunday, we marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I remain outraged by the Supreme Court's decision to rip away the fundamental right to safe and legal abortion.

Already, States have implemented abortion bans, leaving women desperate to access reproductive healthcare. Thankfully, States like Illinois have access still available.

In the wake of the Supreme Court's extreme decision, I have heard from women all across central and northwestern Illinois, mothers and grandmothers, who are devastated that their daughters and granddaughters will grow up in a country with fewer rights than they had.

Mr. Speaker, I tell them that I will never stop fighting for a world where everyone has the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions.

Uncle Sam has no place in a doctor's office.

Finally, to the women in my district and across this great Nation: I am with you. I will fight for your rights and your freedoms to be protected.

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