National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Floor Speech

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Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment, which, make no mistake about it, is the Republican Party's backdoor effort to create a national abortion ban.

I represent El Paso, Texas, which is home to Fort Bliss, one of our country's premier military installations. I serve on the House Armed Services Committee, and I am a mother of two.

My colleagues want to ensure that the enlisted women of the United States military and their family members who live in Republican States where abortion has been banned are forced to carry a pregnancy to term, even in the case of rape and incest.

Unlike my Republican colleagues, I trust women, and unlike my Republican colleagues, I believe women have a place in the United States military and that it is our job to support them.

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