March 5, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 44 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages H1523-H1524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES V. RUSSO

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remind my colleagues of what 
is at stake at the Supreme Court in coming weeks.
  Yesterday, the Court began to hear arguments in a major abortion 
rights case, June Medical Services v. Russo.
  If the Louisiana law in question goes into effect, only one clinic 
remains in the entire State. Only one physician would continue to 
provide abortion services to the 10,000 women who seek them every year. 
That outcome would deny thousands of women in Louisiana their 
constitutional protection: the protected right to access abortion care.
  In 2016, the Court already decided that an identical case was 
unconstitutional. But since President Trump has added two conservative 
Justices to the Supreme Court, it is more important than ever for us to 
speak out about what is at stake, and I am proud to do that today.
  The Court should not uphold the Louisiana law and should overturn it.

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