[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E207]
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             COMMEMORATING THE BIRTHDAY OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY

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                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 11, 1999

  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, February 15 marks the 179th birthday of 
Susan B. Anthony. We all remember Susan B. Anthony as a pioneer in the 
long struggle for full equality for women. But what many have 
forgotten, or have chosen to ignore, is that for her, opposition to 
abortion was an essential part of the cause of women's rights. Far from 
being the cornerstone of women's rights--as some mistakenly view 
abortion today--for Anthony, abortion was a great betrayal of all the 
first feminists' hoped to achieve for women. Anthony was unequivocal in 
her condemnation of abortion, referring to it as nothing less than 
``child murder.'' And she saved her harshest condemnation for those who 
would lead a woman to abortion, for she correctly viewed this as the 
greatest exploitation of women.
  So today, Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the birthday of this 
great American and to reclaim her pro-life legacy as a real and 
essential component of full equality for women.

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