[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 39 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H1064-H1065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NURSE JILL STANEK TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS TODAY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, at noon today, some of us will be hearing 
from Jill Stanek, a nurse from Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. 
She will be sharing some actual experiences with us, telling us what 
happens when a baby survives an abortion. That is something we do not 
often hear about.
  Just what does happen? Babies survive abortion more often than one

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might think. One day Julie found a small living baby in a soiled 
utility room at her hospital, 22 weeks old, aborted because he had 
Down's Syndrome. His mother had an abortion, but he survived. The 
hospital did not know what to do with him, so he was just left in that 
cold room, lying naked on the counter. No one lifted a finger to help 
him live. Jill sat and cradled him in her arms for 45 minutes until he 
died.
  Mr. Speaker, last year we passed the Born Alive Infants Protection 
Act in the House to make it clear that all infants who are born alive, 
even if they were supposed to be aborted, are treated as legal persons 
under Federal law. Soon, it will be introduced again.
  Today, I invite my colleagues just to come and listen to Jill tell 
her story. It will take place in Room 311 Cannon at 12 noon.

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