[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E180]
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                       HONORING SUSAN B. ANTHONY

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 14, 2001

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, Susan B. Anthony is well remembered as 
one of our nation's greatest champions not just of the right of women, 
but of all Americans. In addition to her work for women's rights, she 
was a leading voice speaking out against the evil of slavery. Her work 
in turning women away from abortion is regarded as one of her most 
important contributions. Susan B. Anthony declared that amongst her 
greatest joys was to have helped ``bring about a better state of 
things, for mothers generally, so that their unborn little ones could 
not be willed away from them.''
  Today, on the 181st anniversary of her death, we honor this great 
human rights crusader and bring her wisdom to bear on one of the great 
human rights issues of our day--the right of life of the unborn. Susan 
B. Anthony was clear: abortion for her was nothing less than ``child 
murder,'' and she devoted much of her energies toward making women 
independent of what she termed the ``burden'' of abortion. She did so 
not just because she knew abortion to be ``child murder'', but because 
she understood the lasting harm it has on women. As she noted, abortion 
could only ``burden her conscience in life and burden her soul in 
death.''
  Susan B. Anthony fought to lift the unjust burdens oppressing women, 
including the burden of abortion. As we celebrate her birthday, let us 
also recommit ourselves to her goal of relieving women of the burden of 
abortion.

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