[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 86 (Tuesday, June 25, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H3866-H3867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN

  (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join with 83 Members of 
Congress in cosponsoring H.R. 4965, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. 
I commend the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot) for sponsoring this 
legislation. The time has come for us to take a firm and decisive stand 
against this deplorable procedure.
  I have cosponsored two previous Partial-Birth Abortion Acts, in 1997 
and

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again in 2000. The measure passed the House by overwhelming votes.
  On June 28, 2000, almost 3 months after the House last voted on the 
partial-birth abortion ban, the Supreme Court struck down a Nebraska 
ban on partial-birth abortions in the Stenberg case. And so once again 
we are here to stand and to fight against this violent and crude 
procedure.
  The Congress' last attempt to ban partial-birth abortions failed, but 
we must continue to do everything we can to save innocent lives. So 
many of us here in the House and the Senate and all across America want 
to see this legislation passed into law, not to trample on the rights 
of any individual as some would say. We want this legislation to pass 
to become law simply to protect the lives of the innocent.
  This afternoon I would urge my colleagues to join with me in 
cosponsoring this important piece of legislation that will save the 
lives of many, many and let our common goal be to protect the lives of 
mothers and infants.

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