‘How Dare You!’ Hakeem Jeffries Rails Against Anti-Abortion Republicans For Stonewalling Efforts to Improve Children’s Health

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) railed against “extreme MAGA Republicans” for pushing a bill that promised rights for pregnant students, but left out important information about “the full range of reproductive healthcare.”

House Bill 6914, the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, would require “colleges and universities to inform pregnant women on campus of their rights and resources, particularly protections and accommodations available to them to carry their baby to term as a condition of Title IV funding.”

Jeffries called it part of the “reckless and regressive Republican efforts to undermine women’s healthcare.”

“House Democrats are trying to address the challenges around infant mortality in America; Extreme MAGA Republicans refuse to join us. House Democrats are trying to deal with the problem of child hunger in America, but extreme MAGA Republicans are trying to cut assistance for children and families in our great country,” Jeffries began, continuing:

So, how dare you come to the House floor to lecture America about healthy infants, healthy babies, healthy children, when you’re doing everything in your power to do exactly the opposite. The notion that this bill has anything to do with transparency and providing information to young women on college campuses all across America, is undermined by the fact that the Democratic amendments that were offered to provide a comprehensive set of information to women were consistently rejected.

Extreme MAGA Republicans rejected any effort to make sure that young women on college campuses were provided information about the full range of reproductive healthcare. Extreme MAGA Republicans rejected the effort to provide the young women of America with information about the dangers of a miscarriage.

Jeffries then accused House Republicans of having only one objective: “A nationwide abortion ban. And this legislation is part of the effort.”

“And that’s why the Congress, instead of dealing with issues related to the economy, or housing, or inflation, or public safety, or healthcare — House Republicans have us voting on bills to undermine a woman’s freedom to make her own reproductive healthcare decisions.”

Watch the clip above via CSPAN and read text of proposed bill here.