[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H1304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING SUSAN B. ANTHONY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Musgrave) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the debt that 
all of us owe to the pioneering work of Susan B. Anthony. Susan B. 
Anthony is celebrated for her indispensable role in securing for women 
the right to vote and setting our Nation on the course towards 
recognizing the full equality and the dignity of women.
  For Susan B. Anthony and her colleagues in the 19th century, 
promoting women's rights and promoting the dignity of women also meant 
opposing the evil of abortion. Out of respect for women recovering from 
abortion, I will refrain from using the term that Susan B. Anthony used 
to describe this procedure.
  Susan B. Anthony was very insightful. She was one of our pioneering 
feminists, and she was also a strong pro-life advocate. It is 
instructive, Mr. Speaker, that Susan B. Anthony's opposition to 
abortion arose from her fight for equal rights for women, and that she 
saw no reason to separate the two.
  Mr. Speaker, as we commemorate the 183rd anniversary of Susan B. 
Anthony's birthday and her human rights legacy, let us not separate the 
fight for equal rights for women from the fight for rights for all 
women, born and unborn.
  Mr. Speaker, abortion is one of the greatest human rights issues that 
face us in our time. In honoring Susan B. Anthony, let us agree that 
being pro-life is inseparable from being pro-woman.

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