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During House floor remarks on Tuesday, Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC) slammed attacks on reproductive freedoms.

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00:00 One minute and to revise the extended remarks.
00:02 Gentlelady is recognized for one minute.
00:03 Mr. Speaker, extreme Republican politicians continue to attack women's reproductive freedoms.
00:12 First, they overturned Roe, demolishing abortion rights for millions of Americans
00:17 across the country, including in my home state of North Carolina.
00:21 Now, they're attacking fertility treatments like IVF, and they're even coming after birth control.
00:28 In fact, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas explicitly called for the reconsideration of
00:34 Griswold v. Connecticut, the case that first established the right to contraception.
00:40 And just last year, 195 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives
00:46 voted against the right to use birth control.
00:49 I will not stand by and watch extremist politicians strip away women's rights.
00:56 That's why I reintroduced the Right to Contraception Act to safeguard the right to access
01:03 all FDA-approved birth control from political attacks.
01:07 I encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting my Right to Contraception Act
01:13 and stand up for women's health and freedom.
01:15 Gentlelady's time has expired.
01:16 Thank you. I yield back.
01:17 [Mr. McHenry] For what purpose does the gentleman from
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