During a press conference on Wednesday, Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA) spoke about the Dobbs decision and slammed restrictions on reproductive rights.
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00:00Now, I want to introduce my colleague, right next door, in the 8th Congressional District of Washington, Dr. Kim Schrier.
00:16Thank you, Chairwoman DelBene.
00:19Two years ago, the Supreme Court made the disastrous decision to overturn Roe, upending 50 years of precedent,
00:29and practically overnight ripping this fundamental freedom away from a third of the women in this country.
00:37As one of just two pro-choice women doctors in Congress, I was outraged then, and I continue to be just as outraged now.
00:47This decision goes far beyond abortion. It is about who has power over you as women,
00:56who has the authority to make very personal decisions for you, and who can control your future.
01:03Our rights are no longer safe.
01:07This particular medical decision, when and whether to become pregnant,
01:12is one that impacts every element of a woman's life and the freedom to chart the course of her life.
01:19Now, sometimes this decision has to happen later, after a woman has chosen to start a family,
01:26but something goes terribly wrong with the pregnancy.
01:29But either way, I want to emphasize, this decision is hers, not the government's.
01:36We are seeing the dangerous consequences of this extreme Dobbs decision every single day.
01:42Women with miscarriages not getting the standard treatment that they need.
01:47Women forced to carry non-viable pregnancies to term.
01:53And so now, now we're even seeing attacks on IVF, on in vitro fertilization,
01:59which so many families rely on to have a successful pregnancy.
02:03And we're seeing attacks even on birth control.
02:07In the year 2024, this is beyond outrageous.
02:12There is no place for politics in the exam room.
02:15So bring us a Democratic majority, and we will bring a bill to the floor of the House
02:23to make Roe the law of the land and restore these fundamental freedoms for women.
02:28Thank you.
02:29I will now yield to our Chairman, Pete Aguilar.