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kittykittybangbang:

Further to this post, here’s the press release:

“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the written testimony she will submit for the record of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution’s hearing on a bill (H.R. 3803) that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy, having been denied the congressional courtesy of testifying at today’s hearing at 4:00 p.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. Norton will also speak at a press conference at 2:30 p.m. in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building on the bill, where she will be joined by Professor Christy Zink, a District of Columbia resident who had an abortion at 21 weeks, after doctors found severe brain abnormalities in the fetus, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, and National Abortion Federation President Vicki Saporta.

Norton’s office has received an unprecedented outpouring of support, especially on Twitter and Facebook from senators, Members of the House, and women across the country, who have spoken out not only against the bill itself, but also on the failure of House Republicans to observe congressional courtesy to allow the Congresswoman to testify at a hearing on a bill that targets only her district.”

I’ll put the testimony after a cut since it’s really long (but worth the read!)

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