[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 54 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             PROTECTING PREGNANT WOMEN AND UNBORN CHILDREN

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, the House will today be taking up a very 
important piece of legislation, H.R. 503, the Unborn Victims of 
Violence Act. It is a very carefully constructed bill which will fill a 
gap which presently exists in Federal law.
  Right now, under Federal law it provides no additional punishment for 
criminals who commit an act of violence against pregnant women and kill 
or injure the unborn children that they might be carrying.
  I want to commend the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) for 
his leadership in preparing this long overdue piece of legislation. Let 
us protect pregnant women in this Nation, and let us also protect the 
innocent unborn children that they are carrying.

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