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Reject Efforts to Restrict a Woman’s Right to Choose

June 18, 2013
Speeches

WASHINGTON"Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke out against the reintroduction of legislation that would ban abortion after 20 weeks.

Below is a video and a transcript of this speech:

Thank you Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 1797 because we have been here before.

Not less than a year ago, this body took up a very similar measure and it failed.

I hope my colleagues will join me in rejecting this attempt.

We cannot ban abortions after 20 weeks, first because it's unconstitutional, and second because we cannot know the individual situation of every woman.

What if a woman gets cancer during her pregnancy? What if she gets pre-eclampsia, which could cause seizures and kidney damage?

What if a woman's fetus is diagnosed with a severe fetal abnormality making it unable to survive pregnancy or delivery?

Women and their families are often faced with impossibly difficult decisions “ but they are their decisions to make, not ours.

Please vote no on this thoughtless bill.

Thank you and I yield back.

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Issues:Choice