women's health protection act turns the 1973 roe v. wade abortion protections into law. the other bill guarantees the right to cross state lines to access abortion services. both measures still need to be approved by the senate. up next we'll show you floor debate prior to final passage. wt objection. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 8296, the women's health protection act. this bill is necessary now more than ever following the republican-controlled supreme court's extreme decision ripping away a woman's right to abortion. the court's ideological decision ignored nearly 50 years of precedent and is the culmination of decades of unrelenting efforts by republican politicians to control women and their bodies. the consequences of last month's decision have been swift and severe. already abortion bans are in effect in nine states and more than a dozen more are expected to either ban or severely limit abortion soon. as a result, women are being forced to travel long distances to states where abortion remains lawful. or for those who lack logistical or financial support to travel, continue pregnancies against their wishes. there have been devastating stories of patients being denied care and doctors hesitating to provide lifesaving health care services at out of fear of criminalization. states have enacted dangerous laws banning abortion without any exceptions, inciting citizens to track and report women in need of abortion, and criminalizing providers of those assisting someone obtaining care. these laws turn back the bl clok on the health, well-being, and equality of women across the nation and republicans have made it clear this is just the beginning. congressional republicans are already pushing a nationwide abortion ban that would criminalize abortion in all 50 states. and that's why this house is acting today on the women's health protection act to restore the right to abortion nationwide. this legislation ensures no matter where you live you have a right to comprehensive health care that is free from unnecessary restrictions that are only intended to impede access. madam speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this legislation to protect the right to abortion and ensure that all americans are entitled to make their own health care decisions. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington vengd. mrs. rodgers: -- investigated. mrs. rodgers: madam speaker, to protect the helpless, most powerless, most innocent among us i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 8296. the abortion on demand until birth act. this is not about codifying roe v. wade. why? because it nationalizes abortion for all nine months of preg pregnancy. all nine months. this would make america as radical as china and north korea. the abortion on demand until birth act would legalize discriminatory abortion based upon sex, race, and disability, including down syndrome. it overrides state laws that protect women from coercion. it would weaken the conscience protections to force pro-life doctors to perform abortions and end a life. this is especially frightening for pregnancy centers, faith-based providers, medical professionals who are using amazing medical achievements in treating both mothers and their babies in the wombs as patients. we are doing prenatal heart surgery today in the united states of america. the abortion on demand until birth act has nothing to do with protecting the health of women. it has everything to do with forcing an extreme agenda on the american people. rather than prey on women's vulnerabilities and fears and nationalize abortion for all nine months, we should be coming together to support women and their families at every stage of pregnancy and beyond. every mother matters. 76% of women seek an abortion say they would choose life if their circumstances were different. the focus should be how to change their circumstances, help them access the care and support that they need, and improve their lives. presenting abortion up until birth as a woman's only option is a false choice. there are nearly 3,000 pregnancy centers in all 50 states. they outnumber planned parenthood by more than 2,000 facilities. these pregnancy centers right now under violent attack by pro-abortion groups provide medical care, resources, education, and mentoring to women. they must be protected. not undermined and threatened by an extreme abortion agenda. the supreme court has affirmed the american people's rights to speak through their elected officials and enact laws that protect unborn children. the question upon us today is how are we going to respond? how is this body going to respond to the greatest human rights issue of our generation. ladies and gentlemen, that's the question. this is the human rights issue of our generation. do not close your ears. do not close your eyes. do not close your heart. is it by dehumanizing life and promoting a culture that destroys the weakest among us is that how we do it? or is it by making abortion unthinkable leading a new era where every person's god-given unalienable human rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all the way we will define ourselves. let's come together. let's protect the human rights of the unborn. we cannot deny life. to the most disadvantaged and marginalized among us, they have no voice to defend themselves. madam speaker, abortion for all nine months is not the will of the american people. i urge opposition to h.r. 8296, the abortion on demand until birth act. because all lives are worth living. i yield. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield now two minutes to the sponsor of this legislation, ms.chu from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms.chu: i rise today in strong support of my bill the woman's health protection act or wipa. it is the bill that will protect the right to access abortion after the tragic fall of roe vs. wade. . it ensures the right to abortion care for every woman in every state and ensures states may not erode that right. you will hear republicans say our bill goes too far, but that's simply not true. our bill preserves the protections of roe that we lived with for 50 years. affirmed through decades of subsequent court decisions. whpa prohibits the bans and restrictions that violate the spirit of roe, from outright bans to laws forcing women to undergo invasive ultrasounds, unnecessary waiting periods, or forcing doctors to give patients medically inaccurate information. you will hear republicans repeat over and over again that democrats are voting for abortion up until the moment of birth. actually, for 50 years, the court had the provision of an exception for late-term abortion in roe to preserve the life or health of the mother. it's because they valued the life of the mother. do republicans actually believe the mother's life is expendable? apparently so. what you will not hear is republicans say the vast majority of americans do not want roe to be overturned. you will not hear an apology to the 10-year-old who was raped and had to travel to indiana for an abortion because it was prohibited in her home state. you will not hear an acknowledgment that women are capable for deciding for themselves whether to terminate a pregnancy. this bill respects our right to make our own decisions about our bodies. it's time to put control of our bodies back in our hands. now is the time to pass the women's health protection act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: the gentlewoman from florida, ms. frankel, is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. we'll go to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. escobar, for 1 1/2 minutes as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. escobar: madam speaker, it's been 22 days since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, taking away women's ability to make choices about their own future, setting us back nearly 50 years. but even that's not enough for republicans. in the last 24 hours alone, we've gotten a glimpse into the dark future republicans have in store for women, doctors, and vulnerable children. indiana attorney general says he's investigating the doctor who treated a 10-year-old rape victim. texas sues the biden administration for requiring abortions in medical emergencies so that women's lives could be saved. and the national right to life official who said the 10-year-old should have had her baby. yes, according to republicans, even a little girl impregnated by a brutal rape should be denied an abortion and have to endure government-mandated birth. remember, this is the same party that has voted against paid family and medical leave for parents of that baby, childcare for babies, universal pre-k for babies, the child tax credit, which helps babies, school lunch programs that help babies, commonsense gun violence prevention members that keep those babies safe in school and much more. the republicans' war on women has never been more dangerous. today, we will vote on the women's health protection act to ensure that women across this country have access to abortion and the freedom to make their own decisions about their bodies and their futures. america, democrats have your back. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield to a dynamic example of life and her own testimony, the gentlelady from florida, kat cammack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. mrs. cammack: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record some articles that i feel relevant to this debate. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. cammack: thank you. i rise today to fight for life and in strong opposition to h.r. 8296, the abortion on demand until birth act. you know, i never thought that i would have to stand here on the house floor and debate the fact that killing someone for their gender, their sex, their race, but here we are. we're debating a bill, debating a bill that is being pushed by my colleagues on the other side that would legalize abortions based on a baby's sex, race, or potential disability. yeah, i'm going to say that again because i think that's perhaps the most outrageous, regressive, sexist, and racist part of this legislation. this bill allows for abortions up until the day of natural delivery because the child maybe isn't the right sex or the right race, according to the mother who is a woman, by the way. and we need to stop this lie that suddenly abortion is health care. it is not. and i've heard repeatedly my colleagues talk about this 10-year-old girl who was brutally raped. this is a heartbreaking situation. yet, not a single peep about the man who did this. an illegal who crossed our border, who never should have been in our country in the first place who committed this crime. not one peep. in our country, we are based really quite frankly on the simple notion we are of equal opportunity, not equal outcome. abortion, that is equal outcome. we know the outcome. so all i am asking today is that my colleagues think a little bit critically about what they're doing and what they're saying, the message that they're sending. that they believe in equal outcome. not opportunity. because they are, quite frankly, denying the right for every single one of these children the opportunity to live. with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield now a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. frankel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute and 30 seconds. ms. frankel: madam speaker, my, my, my. here we go again. or should i say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, lie, lie, lie. the united states supreme court has dismantled access to legal abortion, giving the very, very personal decision concerning the person's reproductive health, their life, and future to strange politicians. now, republicans are across the country and in congress are moving full steam ahead towards their dark and extreme goal of a nationwide abortion ban that will throw doctors into jail, force children to bear children, lead to tragic deaths and life-changing hardships for people in our country. and that's why i rise in support of the women's health protection act that will facilitate access to legal abortion care regardless of a person's zip code. and let me warn everyone that the republican agenda includes even more drastic intrusions into our personal lives. banning legal abortion is just the start. we will fight back. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield now to chairwoman of our subcommittee, the gentlewoman from colorado, ms. degette, for 1.5 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute -- ms. degette: 1 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. ms. degette: thank you. the horror of a 10-year-old girl, the victim of rape, revictimized when her parents were forced to take her out of state because of ohio's abortion law. a woman who was having a miscarriage, whose doctor refused to give her the medical procedure she needed because of fear of being prosecuted. a woman trying to get long-acting birth control whose pharmacist refused to prescribe the necessary medication for the procedure. and the chaos in the wake of the terrible dobbs decision is only going to get worse from here. the supreme court and the republican party have declared a war on americans' health care rights. every single american has the right and the freedom to make the health care decisions that they need, including abortion. we passed this bill last september. we passed it in september after the first decision in the supreme court. we're going to pass this bill today in the u.s. house of representatives, and we're going to pass this bill, which codifies roe vs. wade every time we need to to protect americans' rights to health care and to protect everybody's equality. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i don't know of any state laws that prevent birth control, miscarriages, other obviously a tragedy. the question before us today is on the legislation that would allow for abortion up until birth, nine months. it's not the will of the american people. it's the agenda, the extreme agenda of those promoting abortion. i'm yielding at this time three minutes -- one minute -- one minute -- ok -- to the gentleman, the leader on the hill subcommittee, brett guthrie. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. guthrie: thank you. i rise in opposition to the abortion on demand until birth act. the supreme court ruled each individual state can decide the rights for the unborn. this bill would override state laws to nationalize abortion for any reason at any stage of pregnancy up until birth. this does not merely ban previability restrictions on abortion that supporters say that it does because this bill allows the person doing the abortion to decide what qualifies as previability. and this is unacceptable. the majority of americans do not support abortions with no limits. in fact, 80% of americans say abortions should be illegal in the third trimuster. this -- trimester. this is a radical bill. i yield back. mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, who chairs our environment subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. mr. tonko: thank you. i rise in resounding support of the women's health protection act. this bill will restore a fundamental constitutional right that has been simply stripped away by a rogue right-wing supreme court. while my republican colleagues sul great this in -- celebrate this injustice and cook up plans for a nationwide abortion ban, americans across the country are already feeling the devastating effects of the decision to overturn roe v. wade. stories of a 10-year-old child having to travel to neighboring states to receive care. or women bleeding from ectopic pregnancies have shocked the world as red states, many with some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, have rolled back abortion access. neither the courts nor states nor politicians should have the say in women's ability to make their own decisions about their health, their well-being, and their future. that rests with their loved ones, their doctor, and their god. if we claim to love freedom, to be a free and just society, we must ensure that this basic human right is finally enshrined into law. and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield a minute to a health provider, saving lives every day, a champion for life, buddy carter from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: i thank the lady for yielding. madam speaker, i'd ask unanimous consent to enter this article into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carter: madam chair, i rise today to oppose the unconscionable abortion on demand until birthday act. this bill -- birth act. this bill allows abortion for any reason, any stage of pregnancy up until birth. as a father and grandchildren of six precious grandchildren i'm sickened by the attempt to allow abortion on demand until birth. now, madam speaker, i want to speak for just a second that was brought up, madam speaker, by one of my colleagues across the aisle about pharmacists dispensing prescriptions for abortion. also, madam speaker, if you can do me a favor and get a message to the president who's trying to sign an executive order to force pharmacists to fill prescriptions against their will for abortion, let me assure you, you can pass all the legislation you want. you can sign every executive order that you want to sign. but if you think you're going to force a pharmacist to go against their moral obligation to take care of patients, to take care of babies and dispense a prescription that's going to be used for abortion, good luck with that. and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from new york, miss clarks a member our committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for 1:30. ms. clarke: i rise today to stand against the vial -- vile war on reproductive rights of women in america. just under 50 years ago roe v. wade established every woman holds autonomy over her own body and reproductive choices. to reject this critical ruling a half century later at a time when america's maternal health care standards are so disgracefully abysmal, particularly for black and brown women, is as hateful as it is cruel. we will not stand for this blatant and brazen attempt to control women. we will not stand for yet another assault that diminishes women by taking away their autonomy on their -- of their bodies. we will not stand by and watch extremists erase us from our constitutional protections. no, we will not stand for it. today i and my democratic colleagues will pass the women's health protection act of 2022 and the ensuring women's right to reproductive freedom act of 2022. i urge our senators to find the compassion, courage, and humanity for the women of america by doing the same. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized -- the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. miss rornlings: madam speaker, - mrs. rodgers: i would ask about the marginalized black and hispanic babies more likely to be aborted. abortion has had a disproportionate impact on minorities. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. miss pallone: i yield now a minute and a half -- mr. pallone: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman mr. cardenas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 1:30. mr. cardenas: i rise today in support of the women's health protection act and lend my voice to the chorus of calls across the country for urgent action on abortion rights. when i first heard the news of the dobbs decision, i felt as if i were thrown into another country. a country without our constitution. how is it that such a fundamental right to our autonomy over one's body, one's life, future can be stripped away socalously. we are talking about far right justices telling women that they cannot get the care they need. telling doctors that they cannot treat their patients to the best of their ability. yes, these five justices with no medical expertise stole the fundamental freedom of controlling the health of one's own body and open the blood gates to criminalized -- criminalize doctors for doing their job. make no mistake, that is stain on our health care system and blatt flat out assault on health equity and a self-inflicted wound. this ruling will leave women, especially women of color, and low-income women including white women in the lurnlg. in the absence of any respect or compassion for reproductive health in this country, we as a body must show our leadership. it is incumbent upon us, elected officials, to assure the basic right is restored and finally written into law. the women's health protection act would do such that. it would restore 50 years of precedent and the right is a deeply invasive wrong. history has its eyes on us. i urge my colleagues to vote yes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield two minutes to another health care provider, dr. miller-meeks, who has worked hard to improve the lives of many throughout her career. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague, the honorable representative rodgers, for yielding me time. i rise today in opposition of 8296. the supreme court recently took the important and correct step to return the power to regulate abortion back to state legislators and voters within the individual states while recognizing the sanctity of life. this concept is so novel and repugnant to the democrats they would put forward a radical and extreme abortion bill that would permit abortion even up until birth for any reason. only seven countries, including china and north korea, are this extreme. as a doctor, i am knowledgeable that mid to late-term abortion is a barbaric procedure which can include dismemberment of the baby and crushing of the skull. far more cruel than many of the laws of states that define prisoner abuse of convicted felons and what constitutes animal cruelty. a procedure done when the mother is given anesthesia but the baby can feel pain. even though you cannot hear it scream. when it can respond to music and respond to touch or the voice of its mother. we wouldn't allow animals to be treated this cruelty. and democrats think that this elevates women and compas compassionate. i would like to also ask to be entered into the record this article from the charlotte institute. i ask all my colleagues on every seat in every aisle of this chamber to vote against this extreme and radical and cruel abortion bill, h.r. 8296. thank you. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield now a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from minnesota, mrs. craig, a member of the energy and commerce committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute 30 seconds. mrs. craig: exactly three weeks ago five justices on an activist extremist supreme court handed down a decision that upended nearly 50 years of precedent and rolled back fundamental rights for millions of americans. in the weeks since i have watched in horror as state after state has triggered laws that now forbid a woman or a girl from accessing an abortion even in the case of rape and incest. these events have been shocking to americans, not only for millions of women across this country, but for the country as a whole. you call yourselves conservative. we are talking about 50 years of precedent in our nation. because no government has a place interfering in the decisions between a woman and her doctor. criminalizing abortion or restricting women's health care options. this is not a controversial position to the american people. a strong majority of my constituents believe that the right to an abortion should be protected by law. this is a freedom and a privacy issue. and the government, not politicians in this room, not politicians in any state in our nation should have any part in this conversation at all. this is a very personal decision between a woman, perfect family, her doctor -- her family, her doctor, and her faith. i encourage all of my colleagues to join me in voting yes to protect roe today. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. miss rornlings: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: -- mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield a minute and a half to doctor schrier from washington state, also a member of the energy and commerce committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute 30 seconds. ms. schrier: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madam speaker. i'll tell you, my constituents are up in arms. they are emailing and they are calling my office outraged that the freedoms that they have had for 50 years are being stripped away from women in half the states in this country. they are furious when they hear about victims of rape not being able to end a pregnancy. when they see a 10-year-old girl who has to flee to a neighboring state so she won't be forced to carry a pregnancy to term. a 10-year-old. this is barbaric. and my constituents are worried about what might come next in our home state of washington. i am the only pro-choice woman doctor in all of congress. in fact, a pediatrician. and i have been in the examine -- exam room with teens facing unplanned pregnancies, and with mothers who find out that the pregnancy they are so excited about is not a viable one. these are deeply personal circumstances. and frankly when and whether and under what circumstances to become a mother is the single most important decision a woman will ever make. and that must be hers to make. the government has no place in the exam room. today i'm voting to make sure that every woman, no matter where she lives, can access abortion. to plan their pregnancies, protect their health, and chart the course of their lives. i want my constituents to know that i will fight every day to protect their rights. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, who spent his life defending the voiceless. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: i thank her for her eloquence for the unborn child, and mothers. i thank her for her leadership. it's extraordinary. madam speaker, according to the january, 2022 poll only 17% of americans believe that quote, abortion should be available to a woman any time she wants one during her entire pregnancy. when americans are asked in late june, june 28, 29 in a harvard harris poll, a nationwide poll supervised by mark penn, many of us know him, he's a very, very effective pollster, and the question was put, do you think your state should allow abortions up to nine months, only 10% said yes. h.r. 8296 would legally authorize and enable the violent death of unborn baby girls and boys by dismemberment, beheading, forced expulsion from the womb, deadly poisons or other methods at any time and for any reason until birth. don't believe it, read section 4 of the bill. couldn't be clearer. this bill is far outside the american mainstream. and goes yar beyond roe vs. wade. when the poll asked whether or not we should be doing what we are doing today in terms of congress, they found, i was astonished by this, that less than a third voters say that abortion law should be federally set by a congressional vote. 31%. they believe the states ought to be doing it. let me ask you -- point out to my colleagues because mention was made of this. abortion is not health care. unless one construes the precious life of an unborn child to be to be a tumor, to be excised or diseasing to vanquished. this legislation constitutes an existential threat to unimportant children. since roe vs. wade, approximately 63.5 million babies have been killed by dismemberment, chemical poisoning, and beheading. a number that equates with the entire population of everyone living in the country of italy. if enacted, this bill would nullify almost every pro-life restriction, ever enacted, by the states, including laws in 37 states and pain capable unborn protection laws in 19 states. i remember when a woman from virginia who formed a group called mothers against minors abortion. she found out about her daughter's abortion when she was hemorrhaging in her bed. she came and testified before the committee and said, please, we need to know. parental notification laws work. sadly these will be nullified by this bill. for decades abortion advocates have gone through extraordinary lengths to ignore, trivialize or cover up the batter baby vick ive. thanks to ultrasound, babies are more visible than before. science informs us that birth an event all be it an important one, only an event in the life of a child. it's a continuum, life is. i ask my colleagues to oppose this bill. the youngest patients need protection. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield a minute and a half to the the gentlewoman from new hampshire, ms. kuster, member of our committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute 30 seconds. ms. kuster: madam speaker, i rise today in support of the women's health protection act. and to speak for the generation of women who have lost their freedom to make health care decisions for themselves. the government has no place asserting itself into people's personal health care decisions. i never expected to be on the floor of the house talking about miscarriage, extopic pregnancy, or fertility treatments, but here we are. for many pregnancy is not an easy path. one in eight pregnancies end in miscarriage. and one in 50 women experience extomek pregnancies. an outcome that always leads to pregnancy loss and poses serious risk of life to the mother. for countless others getting pregnant requires constantly exhausting and complex procedures such as i.v.f. regardless of the circumstances, reproductive health is private. pregnancy can be unpredictible, the government has no place deciding what care patients can receive and doctors can administer. . as an adoption attorney, i worked with hundreds of birth mothers making the most personal, consequence decisions of their lives. and not one of those women looked to the government to make that decision for them. i support the women's health protection act, and i urge my colleagues to vote yes. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, can i inquire how much time remains on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey has 13 minutes. the gentlewoman from washington has 16 minutes. mr. pallone: thank you. i'd yield now a minute and a half to the chairwoman of our health subcommittee, ms. eshoo from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. ms. eshoo: thank you, mr. chairman. madam speaker, i rise in the strongest support possible of the women's health protection act. in february of 2020, i held the first legislative hearing in two decades to protect access to reproductive health. since then, we've seen the steady rollback of abortion rights in republican-controlled states. this means that low-income women and minorities have been living in a post-roe reality for years now. now, the supreme court has fully revoked the constitutional right to an abortion, leaving states to outlaw and criminalize abortion if they choose to. this devastating decision has created a patchwork of states with differing laws and restrictions, causing societial chaos -- societal chaos and confusion across our country. it's a huntdown of women. it's a huntdown of women. the women's health protection act makes sure that every american has equal access to reproductive health care no matter where they live. i'm eager to vote for this legislation once again, and i call on my senate counterparts to codify these vital protections into law. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield to -- one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, a member of the energy and commerce committee and another medical provider, dr. john joyce. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. joyce: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i rise today in opposition to this legislation that would legalize abortion on demand up until the moment of birth. as a physician, i first swore in an oath to do no harm. as legislators, we cannot in good conscience vote to pass legislation that would claim the lives of unborn children in late-term abortions. this poorly written legislation would put our nation alongside countries like china and north korea by allowing discriminatory abortions based on sex, based on race, even based on disability. this is unacceptable, and it's gutwrenching that congress would even consider passing such legislation. this abortion on demand act would override pro-life laws passed in our states and prohibit state-level elected officials from passing legislation to protect unborn children in our communities. it is time for all members of congress to vote against this poorly written bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mrs. rodgers: i yield the gentleman 30 additional seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. joyce: it is time for all members of congress to vote against this poorly written bill. i urge a no vote. madam chair, i ask unanimous consent to enter the text of two articles into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. joyce: thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from california, barbara lee, who's co-chair of the pro-choice caucus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. ms. lee: thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding, and for your work and for bringing this bill to the floor. let me also take a moment to thank our good friend, a great leader, congresswoman judy chu, for her vision and her persistent leadership. once again, chairman pallone, for bringing this to the floor once again. last month's supreme court decision is having devastating impacts across the country. now, i remember the days before roe, and now that the court has ended roe, we are truly in a state of national health emergency. abortion bans affect everyone, but their impact falls hardest on folks who face serious barriers to care, who already have these barriers because of the lack of equity in our health care system. women of color, people working to make end's people, rural people, young people. it's terrifiesing that people can be criminalizing for -- terrifying that people can be criminalized for exercising their own health care decision. it's wrong, morally wrong. already across this country, people are unable to get the care and denied the freedom to make their own decisions about their health and about their futures. our personal liberties and freedoms are being taken away. taken away. this is just another step in the erosion of our democracy. it's never been more critical than now that we pass legislation to protect the right to access abortion and ensure that abortions and comprehensive reproductive health care are accessible and available for all. thank you and i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield now a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. dean. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. ms. dean: thank you, madam speaker, mr. chairman. roe became legal when i was 13. the right to abortion care, to privacy, and the freedom to make my own family planning and health care decisions was guaranteed in all 50 states. it sickens me today that it is not the case. my daughters in law, my granddaughters, and all women and girls have been stripped of human rights, have been relegated to second-class citizens. after a decades long effort, republicans have fixed the supreme court with a few justices corruptly seated by an autocratic president and they behave not as constitutional lawyers but they behave as theocrats. in overturning roe and sending this to state politicians, largely white male, these justices have decided their faith should determine everyone else's rights, not the constitution. this is a call to the chamber, to this chamber, to the senate, to the administration, we must res restore, expand and protect rights. we must pass laws that combat this regressive shrinking court. no excuses. that's why we're here yet again, with legislation to codify the right to abortion care. last september, the house passed the women's health protection act, and the senate sat on its hands. today, we must pass it again. i'll return to the floor every session with representative chu and many others as we pass until we protect and expand rights. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. dean: i thank you and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield a minute and 30 seconds to the gentleman from indiana, dr. larry bucshon, who understands what amazing technology is doing to save lives. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. mr. bucshon: i rise today in opposition of 8296. first, i'd like to say as a physician my colleagues on the other sides o of the aisle need focus on what this bill really does. stop talking about ectopic pregnancies, which are a surgical emergency, fetal demise, where for unknown reasons the fetus has passed away, and miscarriages, which clearly also in many cases are surgical emergencies and are tragic. that's not what this bill is about. i have heard claims the bill only codifies provisions of the now overturn roe v. wade decision. that's simply not true. h.r. 8296 would create a national standard to allow abortions at any time up until birth. as a practicing heart surgeon for 15 years, prior to coming to congress, i operated on children in the neo natal intensive care unit as early as 23 weeks gestation and even at 1.4 pound and about six inches long, i saw life in my tiny patients' little bodies. this abortion on demand until birth act bill doesn't only allow abortions at any point in the pregnancy, it would preempt and repeal state laws that would allow consent, ultrasound or other counseling before undertaking elected abortion. the american people deserve to know the facts about what's really in this bill. i find it troubling the supporters of this bill, most of whom have never taken care of a patient, continue to mislead the american people about what constitutes health care. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. bucshon: thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. blum mr. blumenauer: i want to begin to acknowledge the pain people have experienced in the wake of being stripped of their rights and being thrust into legal limbo. we've already seen the impact this horrific decision has had on increased wait times in clinics and doctors forced to consult with lawyers because of state restrictions while patients may be dying on operating tables. the barbaric treatment of the 10-year-old child, a victim of rape, made into a media circus. and the prospect of the doctor who provided her care being subjected to legal action. we know the supreme court has put us all on the wrong side of history. these appalling stories reinforce the fact that denying fundamental health care has dire and unforeseen circumstances far beyond what the slogans that have been banded around. i believe it's our duty to take responsibility to make progress in even these difficult circumstances to provide a path forward. this legislation does that. we owe it to american families to make progress, to protect them, and improve access and spare them government intrusion into the most sensitive and personal matters. our rage must be productive. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield two minutes to another defender of life, the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. walberg: thank you, madam speaker. my heart breaks today. i say that sincerely. my heart breaks to hear the words of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, who i respect highly for many reasons, who disregard the fact that we're talking about life. on this floor we talked about the need for formula this morning. for the same babies we're talking about. we've heard our speaker many times tell us, imploring us to do it for the children. who are we talking about today? it breaks my heart to think my colleagues don't trust women to make decisions about life before life is conceived. it breaks my heart to think that we don't hold the men accountable to make decisions to love and respect our girls and women. it breaks my heart that we would say this is a human right to take life when our declaration of independence brought us into being with inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we're better than this. we've had 50 years of death. think about the over 100 years before that, we applauded life. madam speaker, it's time for us to stand for individuals taking responsibilities that god has made us capable of to decide for the best interest of others, including those little children. why is the safest place on earth today the maternity ward nursery in a hospital but not the womb? we must change. h.r. 8296 is a bill of death and it's a bill that takes away responsibility for us as adults to do what we must do. i yield back. mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield a minute and a half now to the chairman of our democratic caucus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. mr. jeffries: i thank the distinguished chairman, chairman pallone, for his leadership in this critically important area as well as representative fletcher for leading the charge. . in aaire that's important and consistent with the values of this great country, a country that embraces life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. land of the free and home of the brave. liberty and justice for all. but liberty and justice and freedom are under assault right now. because of a radical right-wing illegitimate supreme court majority and their extreme co-conspirators here in the house of representatives. attacking freedom. this legislation and house democrats are going to do everything in our power to defend a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions. a woman's freedom to make a deeply personal decision that should be between a woman and her doctor. not extremists. trying to intervene. and a freedom to make the decision to travel to seek abortion care whenever and wherever is necessary. those are the stakes. that's why this legislation is so important. and we will always defend these freedoms. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield a minute to a defender of freedom, a defender of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all, great champion out of oklahoma, mr. hern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hern: i'd like to thank my colleague. last month our constitution was upheld at the supreme court and states like oklahoma took immediate action to protect the lives of the unborn. this shouldn't be a hard vote. it's the right for children fully formed in the womb to be born. our allies and like-minded nations around the world do not allow abortions up to the moment of birth as this bill would do. it's simply barbaric. my colleagues know it's an unpopular position which is why they resorted to lies and deceptions about lifesaving care for pregnant women. i urge every member of this chamber to vote no on h.r. 8296 and protect the right of our future generations to be born. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i yield a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. adams. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for a minute, 30 seconds. ms. adams: thank you, madam chair. i thank the gentleman for yielding and his extraordinary support. madam speaker, i rise today because i'm pretty damn angry. the supreme court's decision overturning the right to abortion care is fundamentally wrong. the supreme court green lit forced pregnancy taking away the right to bodily autonomy for women. abortion is still health care. and people will still need to access it. that's why i'm supporting the women's health protection act. in the wake of the dobbs decision, we have a state by state patchwork that denies women equal protection under the law. while abortion is still legal in my home state of north carolina, the state of texas is suing the government to compel women to carry pregnancies to term even if it kills the mother. the attorney general of indiana wants to force rape victims even 10-year-old girls to carry pregnancies to term. we have a responsibility to stop this draconian overreach by state governance. we got to make reproductive freedom, reproductive freedom the law of the land. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. may i inquire as to how much time is remaining in this debate? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from washington has 10 minutes:30. the gentleman from new jersey has 4:30. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield two minutes to a defender of life, dr. mike burgess from the great state of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the ranking member for yielding. as we hold this debate i remember back to that morning as a young resident, parkland hospital, starting out in a residency in ob-gyn. our major professor, department chairman, jack pritchard, addressing us and telling us that starting into a career we were in a unique position in medicine. every time we took a case, whether a primary doctor or consultant, we would have the unique opportunity to be taking care of two patients who had a combined life expectancy of over 100 years. he said nowhere else in medicine are you going to be able to affect the future to the degree you can as an ob-gyn. and nearly 30 years of practice back in texas i have taken care of women with extopic pregnancy. did it before, you'll continue to do t it's a surgical emergency. don't you shy away from it. unfortunately some pregnancies do conclude in a miscarriage. some of those do require the attention of a physician. i would not hesitate to do that. then or now. but what i would not do and could not do was disrupt a viable pregnancy where a child could issue from that care. but none the that changes before or after the supreme court decision. look, there have been times when i have had to step in, someone had care at another facility, sought refuge in my emergency room because of severe complications they were having from an abortion done elsewhere, and i would have to step in and correct the problems from the abortionist. i didn't hesitate to do that. and will continue to do it in the future. but what i will not do is end a life in a pregnancy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pa clone: -- mr. pallone: i yield a minute 1/2 to m ms. bonamici. miss ms. bonamici: i rise in sut of this act which will provide in law the right for people to make their own reproductive health care decisions. the supreme court's dobbs opinion overturning abortion rights sin fuhrateing, heartbreak, and dangerous. for almost 50 years the intensely personal decision about whether to bear a child or have an abortion was where it belongs, with the person who is pregnant. i remember the days before roe vs. wade. when abortions done without medical care could and often did have tragic consequences. colleagues, make no mistake. overturning roe will not end abortions. make no mistake, taking away the right to abortion care will disproportionately hurt families and individuals who are already struggling and dispropo disproportionately people in rural areas struggling to get the care they need. my colleagues, if you believe life begins at conception, don't get an abortion. but that's a belief, it's not science. and others do not share it. i don't think anyone over here would ever force someone with your beliefs to get an abortion. but you are forcing your beliefs on others and that is wrong. we need to restore personal freedom and put the decision about whether or when to bear a child back where it belongs. today i will enthusiastically vote for the women's health protection act. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. pleased to yield a minute to another defender of life from virginia, mr. ben cline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cline: i thank the gentlelady for yeelgd. madam speaker -- yielding. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. life. abortion is a termination of that life and grave human rights abuse and it must end. no one has the right to end the life of an innocent human being. the government has a duty to protect that right to life. since 1973 more than 63 million unborn babies have had their lives cut short. that is a tragedy and simply unacceptable. i stand mere for the sake of millions of american, the integrity of our nation. let's follow the science. preborn humans are humans. and deserving of life. but unfortunately the pro-abortion left has decided that human doesn't automatically grant that right and that humans should only be accorded human rights depending on location, dependency or size. the practice abortion will go down in history as a great stain on this nation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i continue to reserve. because we have very little time left compared to the republicans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield a minute to a defender of life from texas, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pfluger: i thank the gentlelady from washington. madam speaker, i rise in opposition to the democrats' extreme pro-abortion agenda. today i'm voting against two bills that go far beyond roe v. wade. which is the decision to move these types of unenumerated decisions to the state level as the constitution clearly says, backed up by the supreme court. what my democrat colleagues are pushing would permit elective abortions up to and including a baby's due date. an extreme position legalizing abortion based on the child's race, sex, or disability. tragic. another of their initiatives opens up dangerous loopholes for child traffickers to cover up their crimes by forcing victims to receive abortions across statelines and criminalizes those who might encourage delaying abortion including parents or health care providers. since the overturn of roe v. wade democrats at all levels have spread misinformation and fear surrounding the decision. presenting the killing of a child as a woman's only avenue to success in her career or life is inhumane and wrong. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. pfluger: i encourage all my colleagues to vote against these bills. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i yield a minute and a half to the yeament texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute, 30 seconds. ms. jackson lee: i thank all of the leaders who recognize reproductive freedom is a constitutional right. i rise today and i stand in the name of a 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion and had to run to another state. i stand in the name of the young woman who induced abortion and became a criminal. criminalized. i stand in the name of rape victims. i stand in the name of incest victims. i stand for reproductive freedom. and i stand in the name of the constitution and the ninth amendment and the right of women with their faith leaders, their families, their extended knowledge to be able to make their own decision about reproductive freedom. i stand for the women's health protection act because it prohibits a state, local, tribal government from telling abortion providers that they cannot perform -- that they would perform medically unnecessary procedures like ultrasounds. provide patients with medically inaccurate information. this would be prohibited by this legislation and as well to ensure that they would comply with credentialing and other conditions that do not provide providers who offer medically comparable services. i stand in order for the women's health protection act to cover this united states and ensure the constitution and ninth amendment prevails. i stand because the supreme court justice who is swore they believed in precedent for 50 years of roe v. wade did under oath misrepresent to those who they were speaking to that they would adhere to the molest dent -- precedent. i stand -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: bounty hunters are seeking to criminalize and arrest persons. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the the gentlelady's time has expired. the the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. pleased to yield two minutes to a strong defender of life from arizona, she's on the energy and commerce committee, debbie lesko. two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. mrs. lesko: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in opposition to h.r. 8296, because republicans care about women and babies. my colleagues across the aisle are, unfortunately, once again attempting to push their abortion on demand agenda which most americans find appalling. this bill is beyond extreme. it permits abortions on demand for any, any reason up until the moment of birth. 80% of americans say that abortion should be illegal in the third trimester. for good reason. the methods used in late-term abortions to end the life, the preborn baby, are truly reprehensible. the bill before us today almost completely undermines the numerous pro-life laws that states have enacted since the u.s. supreme court overturned roe vs. wade by imposing a national standard for abortion on demand. . i can tell you that preborn babies are unquestionably human lives and they are lives worth defending. i find it iconic the party that tells us to follow the science denies basic science that says life begins at conception, that the first signs of a heartbeat can be detected after just 22 days and that the preborn babies can feel pain as early as 12 weeks inside the womb. passing this legislation would be a stain on congress. women deserve better than this, and so do their preborn babies. preborn babies are truly the most vulnerable and defenseless among us. we were elected to defend americans' rights, and yet, this congress seeks to deny vulnerable person's babies, the most basic right, right to life. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from washington reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i have no additional speakers so i'm going to continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. another defender of life from the great state of minnesota, michelle fischbach, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. mrs. fischbach: thank you, madam speaker. thank you to my colleague, a great defender of life. and i stand for life today. and madam speaker, h.r. 8296, the so-called woman's health protection act, is proof that the left wants to ensure limitless taxpayer funded abortion. this is truly outrageous. and the vast majority of americans do not support abortion without limits. it is stunning that congress is wasting its time on legislation that is so out of touch with the people it represents. what we should be focusing on is helping women and protecting innocent lives of babies. for that reason, i rise today to offer a motion to recommit to instead consider h.r. 619, the born alive survivors act. across the country, abortion providers are denying care to infants born alive after attempted abortions. we are talking about children who have already been born. we are talking about in infanticide. congress must protect innocent, defenseless babies who cannot protect themselves. the born alive act is compassionate legislation that does just that. this bill simply ensures that babies who survive attempted abortions receive the same standard of care that any newborn should receive. it would require health care providers to exercise skilled care and diligence to help the life and health of these children and then immediately transport and admit them to the hospital. it would impose penalties on providers who purposefully fail to give medical care to these babies. but it would bar criminal prosecution of the mother. but most importantly, it would save lives. coming to congress, i knew there would be a lot of difficult conversations about the life of the unborn, but i am truly shocked and heart broken that i have to stand here and defend lifesaving care for babies who have already been born. madam speaker, we can and we should make every effort to protect the lives of newborn babies. to my colleagues, this is the simplest vote you will ever have to take. either you support babies being denied lifesaving health care after they are born or you do not. and madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to include the text of the amendment in the record immediately prior to the vote on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. fischbach: thank you. mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady yield? mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. does the gentleman from new jersey continue to reserve? mr. pallone: i'm prepared to close. mrs. rodgers: how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey has a minute, 30 seconds. the gentlewoman from washington has a minute, 30 seconds. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. abortion is the sharpest soul-searching question before us as a nation. it pierces every heart. people have strongly held beliefs and stories. both sides are guilty of dismissing one another. for those of us who stand for the right to life, we must do a better job of listening and loving. fear and despair need to more discord, insecurity, anger. the abortion on demand bill, this bill before us today, though, is extreme. it is abortion for any reason at any stage of pregnancy until birth. it's not the will of the american people. you know, i recently spoke with a doctor who shared with me what's possible today. it's american technology. it's medical technology that allows us now to do surgeries inside the womb. we all know anyone who's given birth -- i am a mom of three young kids, and to be able to -- because of technology, see the baby develop day by day is just amazing. doctors are performing prenatal surgeries to save lives. this doctor told me they can perform surgery on 20 different organs. that wasn't possible in 1973 when roe v. wade was decided. in fact, the first successful fetal surgery wasn't until 1982. many decades later, look how far we've come. science has evolved. it's my hope that we learn from this and that we reject abortion because it is unthinkable. it's not following the science. it doesn't reject -- it doesn't reflect the latest research or the modern medicine. madam speaker, reject this legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman -- the gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. the supreme court's extreme and dangerous decision in dobbs turns back the clock and jeopardizes the health, well-being and autonomy of women across the nation. access to comprehensive health care includes abortion and the ability to access care should not depend on where you live. the bill before us, the women's health protection act, restores the right to an abortion nationwide, ensuring all americans, regardless of where they live, can make their own decisions about their lives and their futures. so i urge my colleagues across the aisle to support this bill. while republicans seek to punish and control women by criminalizing abortion nationwide, house democrats will continue our fight to restore >> c-span's "washington journal." every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up 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