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Washington, D.C. – Members of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation released the following statements after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a critical case that challenges Texas’ House Bill 2, a restrictive anti-abortion law passed in 2013,and represents the most comprehensive challenge to the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Roe v. Wade in nearly a decade:
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Fort Worth Congressman Marc Veasey then took the podium to introduce former president Clinton. “We all know how important this primary is and we need leaders who stand up for young men and women, young Texans, and other Americans.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 29, 2016
Contact: Paloma Perez, 202-225-9897, paloma.perez@mail.house.gov
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) along with colleagues Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5), Diana DeGette (CO-1), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Ami Bera (CA-7), Eliot Engel (NY-16), and Nita Lowey (NY-17) led a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging Republican leadership to support a comprehensive response to the ongoing Zika outbreak, including a robust effort to expand access to women’s reproductive care at home and abroad.