[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          OPPOSITION TO NOMINATION OF DR. HENRY W. FOSTER, JR.

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 13, 1995
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong opposition to 
the President's nomination of Dr. Henry W. Foster, Jr., as Surgeon 
General of the United States. Although this body will not take part in 
the confirmation hearings, I urge my colleagues in the Senate to deny 
the approval of this nominee.
  Dr. Foster has not been straightforward with the American people. He 
has misled the public about his record in performing abortions. Dr. 
Foster stated that he performed abortions primarily to save the lives 
of women or in cases of rape and incest. These statements were not 
true.
  Dr. Foster has performed numerous conventional abortions for birth 
control, and I understand he has also been on the cutting edge of 
developing a more efficient means of taking unborn life. Dr. Foster has 
been a leader in researching and testing experimental drugs to induce 
abortion.
  In addition, Dr. Foster has a history of working against legal 
limitations on abortions. He has served on the board of directors of 
the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and was recently listed as 
a member of the National Leadership Committee of Planned Parenthood's 
campaign to keep abortion safe and legal.
  Dr. Foster's record on abortion is troubling enough to me, but his 
unwillingness to live up to that record is of even greater concern. Mr. 
Speaker, it is my understanding that all medical professionals take an 
oath to do everything possible to save human life. Abortion is clearly 
contrary to, and a violation of that oath.




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