Leaked Draft Opinion Overturning Roe

Floor Speech

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Ms. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, last week's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade laid bare what is at stake this year for American families. First, most importantly, Roe is still law. This was a draft. Don't cancel your appointment.

Proud science States like Illinois are going to fight this every step of the way. But, ultimately, horrifyingly, that may not matter because American women are facing a retrogression of fundamental legal rights that is unprecedented in modern history because this is not the end. This is just the beginning.

The State-level assault on reproductive freedom has already begun. Next, Republicans plan to ban abortions federally. Then they say they want to go further: our right to contraception; to marry who you love despite their gender or the color of their skin.

Only two things can stop this: the Women's Health Protection Act and a Senate that defends reproductive freedom. We won't stop fighting until we have both.

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