[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E186]
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                 181ST ANNIVERSARY OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY

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                           HON. JO ANN DAVIS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 14, 2001

  Mrs. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring attention 
to and commemorate tomorrow's 181st anniversary of the birth of Susan 
B. Anthony. This anniversary is a good time to remember her lifelong 
work for women's rights, her opposition to slavery, and work that 
changed the course of this nation. And it is a good time to remember, 
or perhaps, recover, another very important aspect of her legacy in 
promoting equal rights for all. I refer to Susan B. Anthony's pro-life 
legacy in calling for equal rights for both women and their unborn 
children.
  In fact, Susan B. Anthony considered opposition to abortions as part 
and parcel of her work to promote women's rights. Anthony branded 
abortion, ``child murder,'' and believed women turned to it only 
because of their treatment as second class citizens. She called for 
``prevention, not punishment,'' for the abortion problem of her day, 
and believed the best way to prevent abortion was to promote the 
dignity and equality of women.
  More than a century later, ``prevention, not punishment'' remains a 
sound strategy for all those who would promote the rights of both women 
and unborn children.




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