[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 54 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to 
the so-called Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which will be before this 
body later on today.
  First of all, we should have truth in advertising. This bill has 
nothing to do with protecting unborn victims, which in it is defined as 
broadly as three cells, but everything in rolling back a woman's right 
to choose. It is not about violence against pregnant women. It is about 
taking away a woman's right to choose. It erodes Roe v. Wade. It will 
define for the first time the beginning of life in a criminal statute.
  The domestic violence groups in America do not support it, but 
President Bush does. I have the statement of administration policy, 
President Bush's policy, which is anti-woman, toothless in protecting 
women against violence; but it is very strong in depriving a woman of a 
right to choose.
  I urge everyone to vote against this bill when it comes to the floor 
today.

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