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TEXAS ANTI-ABORTION LAW
(Mr. RASKIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Mr. RASKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise in very strong support of the Women's Health Protection Act.
Today in Texas a law has been put into place that transforms essentially everyone in the country into potential bounty hunters who can go and collect $10,000 by reporting on doctors, nurses, or family members who helped a woman exercise her constitutional right to seek an abortion in consultation with her physician.
There is not even an exception for rape and incest under the draconian Texas anti-abortion law. A 15-year-old girl could be raped by her farther or her uncle and then have her mother go and take her to get an abortion, and the rapist--her father or uncle--could sue them for $10,000. Or anybody could sue them for $10,000.
We need to codify Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey to guarantee the constitutional rights of women against the new onslaught against reproductive freedom and women's healthcare in the United States.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 163
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