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Floor Debate on H.Res. 236, Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 748, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The gentleman from New York had said that the issue of sexual abuse never came up in the committee hearing. If you look at page 84.


Mr. NADLER. I never said that. I said it did not come up with respect to my amendments.


The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Georgia controls the time.


Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I stand corrected in regard to his amendments, but in regard to a number of these other amendments, let me quote from the committee report on page 84. This is the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot) speaking. ``This amendment would allow abusers potentially to get off scot-free and doom the victims of sexual abuse to even more abuse. If the girl is afraid to tell her parents of the abortion for fear of past or future sexual abuse, she may utilize the judicial bypass process which is available in her State.''

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